Meanwhile, Housman pursued his classical studies independently, and published scholarly articles on Horace, Propertius, Ovid, Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles. He also completed an edition of Propertius, which however was rejected by both Oxford University Press and Macmillan in 1885, and was destroyed after his death. He gradually acquired such a high reputation that in 1892 he was offered and accepted the professorship of Latin at University College London (UCL). When, during his tenure, an immensely rare Coverdale Bible of 1535 was discovered in the UCL library and presented to the Library Committee, Housman (who had become an atheist while at Oxford)Blocksidge, Martin. A. E. Housman: A Single Life. N.p.: n.p., 2016 remarked that it would be better to sell it to "buy some really useful books with the proceeds".
Meanwhile Housman pursued his classical studies independently and published scholarly articles on Horace Propertius Ovid Aeschylus Euripides and Sophocles He also completed an edition of Propertius which however was rejected by both Oxford University Press and Macmillan in 1885 and was destroyed after his death He gradually acquired such a high reputation that in 1892 he was offered and accepted the professorship of Latin at University College London (UCL) When during his tenure an immensely rare Coverdale Bible of 1535 was discovered in the UCL library and presented to the Library Committee Housman (who had become an atheist while at Oxford)Blocksidge Martin A E Housman A Single Life Np np 2016 remarked that it would be better to sell it to "buy some really useful books with the proceeds"