2 April The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 04
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Lewis Theobald1688 · Sittingbourne English editor and author (1688–1744) -
Flora Annie Steel1847 · Sudbury British historian and writer (1847–1929) -
J. C. Squire1884 · Plymouth British poet, writer, historian, and literary editor (1884-1958) -
Kenneth Tynan1927 · Birmingham English theatre critic and writer (1927-1980)
Thought for the day
Great and little cannot understand one another. But in every child born of man, Father Redwood, lurks some seed of greatness — waiting for the Food.
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Published on this day
- 2001 Echo Burning by Lee Child
- 2007 Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz
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Photo credits
- Lewis Theobald: William Hogarth, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Flora Annie Steel: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- J. C. Squire: not stated, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Kenneth Tynan: ABC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Arthur Law: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Hurrell Mallock: Elliot & Fry (Life time: (1835-1903) - Clarence Edmund Fry (1840-1897)), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized