7 October The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 04
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John Marston1576 · Coventry English writer 1575?-1634 -
Henry Alford1810 · London English churchman, theologian, textual critic, scholar, poet, hymnodist, and writer (1810–1871) -
Eric Chappelow1890 · St George Hanover Square English poet and World War I conscientious objector -
Fiona Sampson1963 · London English poet, critic, Literature scholar
Thought for the day
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Published on this day
- 1938 The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse
- 2002 Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
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Photo credits
- John Marston: John Marston, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henry Alford: Photograph published in the 1902 Encyclopedia Britannica, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Eric Chappelow: Philip Morrell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Fiona Sampson: Fiona Sampson, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George Gascoigne: T Wright sc, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Barnes: George Stuckey (died 1872), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Woolner: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Radclyffe Hall: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized