20 March The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 06
- Anne Bradstreet1612 · Northampton Anglo-American poet (1612–1672)
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Thomas Medwin1788 · Horsham English poet and translator (1788-1869) -
Edward Fitzball1793 · Burwell British writer -
Thomas Cooper1805 · Leicester English poet and Chartist (1805-1892) -
Arthur Bayldon1865 · Leeds Australian poet -
Ernest Bramah1868 · Manchester English author (1868–1942)
Thought for the day
In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago.
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Published on this day
- 2003 Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan
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Photo credits
- Thomas Medwin: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edward Fitzball: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Cooper: J. Cochran, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Arthur Bayldon: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ernest Bramah: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lucy Gertrude Moberly: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lord Alfred Douglas: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- V. S. Pritchett: Тимур Усман, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- James Herbert: User:Jamiespilsbury, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized