25 July The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 04
Thought for the day
And what if all of animated nature Be but organic harps diversly fram'd, That tremble into thought, as o'er them sweeps Plastic and vast, one intellectual breeze, At once the Soul of each, and God of All?
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Remembered today
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Charles Dibdin British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor (1745–1814) -
Samuel Taylor Coleridge English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772–1834) -
Thomas Claughton Anglican bishop (1808-1892) -
Nathaniel Gould British writer (1857–1919); active in Australia -
Dennis Hoey British film actor (1893-1960)
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Photo credits
- Mary Theresa Vidal: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Elizabeth Siddal: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Brian Stableford: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Dibdin: Thomas Phillips (died 1845), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Samuel Cousins / After Washington Allston, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Claughton: E. Harrison, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Nathaniel Gould: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Dennis Hoey: film screenshot (Universal), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized