14 June The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 08
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Richard Realf1832 · Framfield American poet (1832-1878) -
William Chatterton Dix1837 · Bristol British hymnwriter and writer (1837–1898) -
E. L. Grant Watson1885 · Staines-upon-Thames American biologist and writer (1885-1970) -
Kathleen Raine1908 · Ilford British poet, critic and scholar (1908–2003) -
Colin Thubron1939 · London President of the Royal Society of Literature -
Peter Mayle1939 · Oxshott British writer (1939-2018) -
Jonathan Raban1942 · Hempton British writer (1942–2023) -
Jeremy Dyson1966 · Leeds British screenwriter
Thought for the day
It is he that saith not ‘Kismet’; it is he that knows not fate; It is Richard, it is Raymond, it is Godfrey in the gate!
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Photo credits
- Richard Realf: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Chatterton Dix: Photograph, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- E. L. Grant Watson: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Kathleen Raine: Dmitrismirnov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Colin Thubron: colinthubron (Hampsterone at en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Peter Mayle: Patrick Gaudin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jonathan Raban: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jeremy Dyson: Karohemd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ralph Bathurst: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edward FitzGerald: Eva Rivett-Carnac , uploaded by user en:User:Primetime, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jerome K. Jerome: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Katharine Glasier: Georg Meisenbach (1841 – 1912), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- G. K. Chesterton: Ernest Herbert Mills, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized