4 November The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
Discover the writers who share this date, their stories, and where to read them.
Born on this day 05
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Augustus Toplady1740 · Farnham British hymn writer, Anglican cleric (1740–1778) -
Harry Beresford1863 · London English stage actor, screen writer, and novelist (1863-1944) -
Herbert Edward Read1893 · Muscoates English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968) -
J. R. Ackerley1896 · London English writer and editor (1896-1967) -
Wilfred Fienburgh1919 · Ilford British politician (1919-1958)
Thought for the day
[T]o be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people.
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Remembered today
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Charles Churchill British poet (1732–1764) -
Barbara Hofland English writer -
Mary Grimstone British writer and social reformer (1796-1869) -
Philip Gilbert Hamerton English artist, art critic and author (1834-1894) -
Catherine Amy Dawson Scott poet and novelist (1865-1934) -
Tom Gallon British writer (1866–1914) -
Wilfred Owen English Skateboarder 1893-1918) -
Jacintha Buddicom British writer
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Photo credits
- Augustus Toplady: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Harry Beresford: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Herbert Edward Read: Doncooke2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- J. R. Ackerley: Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell papers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Wilfred Fienburgh: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Churchill: Smith, Anker, 1759-1819, engraver, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Barbara Hofland: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mary Grimstone: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Philip Gilbert Hamerton: A.H. Palmer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Catherine Amy Dawson Scott: Uncredited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Tom Gallon: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Wilfred Owen: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jacintha Buddicom: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized