21 January The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 06
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Isaac Hawkins Browne1705 · Burton upon Trent English poet -
Edward Capern1819 · Tiverton British poet -
Israel Zangwill1864 · London British Zionist author (1864–1926) -
Cherith Baldry1947 · Lancaster writer of fantasy fiction - Jonathan Meades1947 · Salisbury British writer
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Ian McMillan1956 · Darfield English poet, journalist, playwright and broadcaster (born 1956)
Thought for the day
Buy my flowers—O buy—I pray! The blind girl comes from afar; If the earth be as fair as her children say, These flowers her children are!
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Photo credits
- Isaac Hawkins Browne: Joseph Highmore, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edward Capern: John Edgar Williams, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Israel Zangwill: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Cherith Baldry: Alexander Altenhof, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ian McMillan: Steve Bowbrick from Radlett, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Anna Eliza Bray: William Brockedon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henry Sutherland Edwards: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lytton Strachey: Dora Carrington (1893-1932), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Maurice Browne: Wayne Albee, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized