18 February The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 04
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Wilson Barrett1846 · Essex English manager, actor and playwright (1846–1904) -
Herbert Horne1864 · London English poet, architect, typographer and designer, art historian and antiquarian (1864–1916) -
Charles Higham1931 · London English writer (1931-2012) -
David Thomson1941 · London British film critic and historian
Thought for the day
With all, the beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit; but with some natures utter elusion is the one special event which will make a passing love permanent for ever.
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Photo credits
- Wilson Barrett: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Herbert Horne: Henry Harris Brown, englischer Maler, gestorben 1948, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Higham: PBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- David Thomson: Wes Washington, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere: Edwin Longsden Long (died 1891), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Harriet Parr: Unknown, image is circa 1850/1860, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized