10 March The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 05
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Frances Trollope1780 · Bristol English novelist (1779-1863) -
Thomas Gordon Hake1809 · Leeds English poet and physician (1809–1895) -
Nancy Cunard1896 · Nevill Holt British writer, heiress and political activist (1896–1965) -
Peter Berresford Ellis1943 · Coventry English historian, biographer, and novelist (born 1943) -
Robert Llewellyn1956 · Northampton British writer, broadcaster, presenter, actor and renewable energy advocate
Thought for the day
There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast, when struggling passions lower; Touch'd by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
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Remembered today
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Harriette Wilson British writer and courtesan (1786-1846) -
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr English novelist (1831–1919) -
Ellen Buckingham Mathews English novelist, editor (1849–1920) -
Thomas Anstey Guthrie English novelist and journalist (1856–1934) -
Florence L. Barclay British writer -
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne British novelist (1866–1944) -
Laurence Binyon British poet, dramatist, and art scholar (1869-1943) -
Philip Gibbs English journalist and novelist (1877–1962) -
Derek Benfield British actor and playwright (1926–2009) -
Lauren Henderson Fiction author
Published on this day
- 1935 Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
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Photo credits
- Frances Trollope: Auguste Hervieu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Gordon Hake: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Nancy Cunard: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Peter Berresford Ellis: Maggietolderlund, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Llewellyn: Jan Ainali, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Harriette Wilson: "engraved by Cooper from original drawing by Birch", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ellen Buckingham Mathews: Stanislaw Walery (1863 - 1935), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Anstey Guthrie: Harry Furniss, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Florence L. Barclay: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne: not stated, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Laurence Binyon: William Strang, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Philip Gibbs: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Derek Benfield: Hans Peters for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lauren Henderson: LaurenHendersonMusic, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized