16 June The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 05
Thought for the day
And he smiles, but not as Sultans smile, and settles back the blade.... (But Don John of Austria rides home from the Crusade.)
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Remembered today
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Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet English diplomat and politician (1608-1666) -
Anne Killigrew English poet and artist (1660-1685) -
Sarah Stickney Ellis English novelist -
Henry Sambrooke Leigh British writer (1837–1883) -
Muriel Hine British novelist (1874-1949) who published 35 volumes of romantic fiction between 1910 and 1950
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Photo credits
- John Cleveland: Unidentified engraver, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Linnell: John Linnell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bessie Rayner Parkes: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Enoch Powell: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Simon Williams: Jack1956, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet: Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Anne Killigrew: Anne Killigrew, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sarah Stickney Ellis: P. A. Gaugam and A. L. Dick?, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henry Sambrooke Leigh: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Muriel Hine: Photographer not named., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized