Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke was a poet and writer (1887–1915). He was born at Rugby and died at Scyros.
Also recorded as Rupert Chaucer Brooke.
Rupert Brooke in brief
- Born
- 1887
- Died
- 1915
- Known for
- poet and writer
- Place of birth
- Rugby
Contents
Identity and origins
Rupert Brooke was recorded at birth as Rupert Chawner Brooke. The authorities additionally record the heading Rupert Chaucer Brooke. His recorded language was English.
He was the child of Mary Ruth Parker-Brooke.
Catalogued works
55 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1866 to 1999.
Sonnet. The Soldier. Up the Line to Death. The Old Vicarage, Grantchester, dated 1912. 1914 and Other Poems. Safety. Peace. Clouds. The Dead. The Treasure. Heaven. The Night Journey. The Chilterns. Grantchester. Selected Poems. Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen. Selected Poems (Classic Reprint). This Side of Paradise,Is the Debut Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. John Webster & the Elizabethan Drama (second impression). Collected Poems. Old Vicarage Grantchester. Augustan Books of Poetry - Rupert Brooke. Lithuania - a Drama in One Act. Poems of Rupert Brooke. The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke. Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. Rupert Brooke. Letters from Americ. Letters from America. The Poetical Works of Rupert Brooke. John Webster and the Elizabethan Dram. 1914 & Other Poems. Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke, with an Introd. by George Edward Woodberry, and a Biographical. The Poetical Works. 1914. Democracy and the arts. The letters of Rupert Brooke. Poems by Rupert Brooke. John Webster & the Elizabethan drama. The Year's at the Spring; an Anthology of Recent Poetry. Rupert Brooke l'OEuvre Poétique. 1914 and Other Poems (World War One Poetry) (Hardcover). New Number; Volume 1. Report on the Titanic. LETTERS from AMERICA (Annotated). Popular Poetry, Popular Verse. The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke, With an Introd. by George Edward Woodberry, and a Biographical Note by Margaret Lavington. Rupert Brooke : life, death & myth / Nigel Jones., dated 1999, held by Wellcome Collection. Very miscellaneous personal items, drawings and doodles, dated Mid to late 20th century, held by Wellcome Collection. "Letters from Maitland Radford to Muriel Lloyd, 'Packet 5, 'engagement months', March/September 1917', dated 1917, held by Wellcome Collection. "Letters from Maitland Radford to Muriel Lloyd, 'Packet 2, 4 August 1914 - 28 July 1915", dated 1914-1915, held by Wellcome Collection. John Seale: letters and notes arising, dated 1986-1989, held by Wellcome Collection. Lee, Henry (1826-1888), naturalist, dated 1866-1887, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Brooke, Rupert Chawner (1887–1915), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Rupert Brooke, Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen, 2024. Rupert Brooke, JOHN DONNE. Deep England, Akademisk Kvarter, 2015. Youthful Death and Melancholia: The Case of Rupert and Mary Brooke, European Journal of Life Writing, 2020. “Prefer not, eh?”: Re-Scribing the Lives of the Great War Poets in Contemporary British Historical Fiction, Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 2018. ENGLISH TRENCH POETRY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR AS A DISCURSIVE GENRE, Науковий вісник Чернівецького університету. Германська філологія, 2026. Rupert Brooke’s Neo-Paganism, Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016. FROM PROPAGANDA TO PRIVATE GRIEF: RUDYARD KIPLING AND WORLD WAR I, Le Simplegadi, 2016. Neo – paganizam Ruperta Bruka, Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016. IL NAZIONALISMO DELLA LETTERATURA BRITANNICA PRIMA DELLA GRANDE GUERRA E L’ESPERIENZA DEI WAR POETS, Studia Polensia, 2020.
Digitised editions and texts
16 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke: With a Memoir (1936) — Internet Archive. Rupert Brooke: The Complete Poems (1943) — Internet Archive. Modern Essays — Internet Archive. Doubts (2024) — Internet Archive. Success (2009) — Internet Archive. The Charm (2015) — Internet Archive. The cillected poems of Rupert Brooke (1963) — Internet Archive. The Poems — Internet Archive. The Hill (2011) — Internet Archive. The Call (2013) — Internet Archive. John Webster & the Elizabethan Drama (1916) — Internet Archive. 1914 And Other Poems Rupert Brooke (2022) — Internet Archive. The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke — Project Gutenberg. Letters from America — Project Gutenberg. 1914, and Other Poems — Project Gutenberg. Selected Poems — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 38 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Rupert Brooke studied at Rugby School, King's College and Hillbrow School. the recorded working language is English.
The authority associates the name with Bloomsbury Group.
Employment is recorded with Sidgwick & Jackson.
Works named in the authority record are The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.
Chronology
- 1887Rupert Brooke born at Rugby.
- 1912The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.
- 1915Rupert Brooke died at Scyros.
- 1915The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1916John Webster and the Elizabethan Drama digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1916Letters from America (Preface by Henry James) digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1936The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke: With a Memoir digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1943Rupert Brooke: The Complete Poems digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Brooke, Rupert Chawner (1887–1915), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Open Library author record for Rupert Brooke (Internet Archive), 43 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 3.
- 4.
Rupert Brooke, Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen, 2024
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
“Rupert Brooke”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source - 6.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 12 articles naming Rupert Brooke.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 7.
Internet Archive, 60 digitised items catalogued under Rupert Brooke as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Project Gutenberg holds 4 full texts attributed to Rupert Brooke.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 7 works naming Rupert Brooke.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 10.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q366086: Rupert Brooke
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source
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