3 March The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
Discover the writers who share this date, their stories, and where to read them.
Born on this day 11
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Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury1583 · Eyton on Severn English soldier and poet (1583–1648) -
Edmund Waller1606 · Coleshill English poet and politician (1606-1687) -
Thomas Otway1652 · Trotton English writer and dramatist (1652-1685) -
William Godwin1756 · Wisbech English journalist, political philosopher and novelist (1756–1836) -
Frank Sayers1763 · London British poet and metaphysician (1763–1817) -
Emily Eden1797 · London British writer and artist (1797–1869) -
David Lindsay1876 · Lewisham Scottish author (1876–1945) -
Edward Thomas1878 · Lambeth British poet and journalist (1878–1917) -
Jessica Dismorr1885 · Gravesend English painter and illustrator (1885-1939) -
Aeronwy Thomas1943 · London British poet (1943–2009) -
Nicholas Shakespeare1957 · Worcester Novelist and journalist
Thought for the day
I am not as these are, the poet saith In youth's pride, and the painter, among men At bay, where never pencil comes nor pem
Reveal who said it
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Remembered today
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William Howitt British writer (1792–1879) -
Arthur Montagu Brookfield British army officer, diplomat, author and conservative politician (1853-1940), who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1903 -
Robert Payne British lecturer, novelist, historian, poet and biographer (1911-1983) -
Edward Bond English writer best known as a dramatist (1934–2024)
Published on this day
- 2003 Time's Eye by Arthur C. Clarke
- 2008 Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
- 2016 George and the Blue Moon by Lucy Hawking
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Photo credits
- Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury: William Larkin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edmund Waller: John Riley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Otway: William Blake, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Godwin: Henry William Pickersgill, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Frank Sayers: Artist John Opie., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Emily Eden: Simon-Jacques Rochard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- David Lindsay: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edward Thomas: from the Hutton/Stringer Archive, circa 1905., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jessica Dismorr: Jessica Dismorr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Aeronwy Thomas: RiverTeifi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Nicholas Shakespeare: Amrei-Marie, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Howitt: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Arthur Montagu Brookfield: Leslie Ward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Payne: PBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edward Bond: D. Tuaillon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized