6 February The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 06
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Paul Whitehead1710 · London British satirist -
Frederic William Henry Myers1843 · Keswick English poet and essayist (1843–1901) -
Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth1873 · London British peeress, Arabian horse breeder and tennis player (1873–1957) -
Russell Thorndike1885 · Rochester British actor and novelist (1885-1972) -
Charles Thomson1953 · Romford British artist (born 1953) -
Simon Stephens1971 · Manchester British playwright
Thought for the day
If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics – it does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, so long as there is enough of them.
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Published on this day
- 2004 Millions by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
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- Paul Whitehead: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Frederic William Henry Myers: William Clarke Wontner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth: Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Russell Thorndike: Unknown authorUnknown author Reasonable and exhaustive searches in books, archives and internet, have been made by the u, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Thomson: unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Simon Stephens: Kimberleycorden, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Langbridge Morgan: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Nicholas Freeston: Carole Haworth, CC BY 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized