24 September The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 07
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John Cleland1709 · London British writer (1709-1789) -
Horace Walpole1717 · London English writer and politician (1717–1797) -
William Lisle Bowles1762 · Kings Sutton English priest, poet and critic (1762–1850) -
William Evans Burton1804 · London English actor, playwright, theater manager and publisher in the United States (1804-1860) -
A. P. Herbert1890 · Ashtead British politician (1890–1971) -
Ian Stewart1945 · Kent mathematician and author -
Richard K. Morgan1965 · London British science fiction writer & novelist
Thought for the day
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.
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Published on this day
- 2013 The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
- 2016 Grandpa's Great Escape by David Walliams
- 1994 Simisola by Ruth Rendell
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Photo credits
- John Cleland: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Horace Walpole: Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Lisle Bowles: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Evans Burton: Henry Peters Gay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- A. P. Herbert: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ian Stewart: Henry Söderlund, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Richard K. Morgan: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henry Hart Milman: George Frederic Watts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Branwell Brontë: Branwell Brontë, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Emanuel Litvinoff: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized