5 January The literary calendar

On this day in English literature

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Born on this day 02

Mary Elizabeth Barber1818 · Wiltshire British naturalist, botanist, entomologist, ornithologist, botanical and scientific collector, scientific illustrator, painter and poet (1818-1899)
Stella Gibbons1902 · London British writer (1902–1989)

Thought for the day

I am not as these are, the poet saith In youth's pride, and the painter, among men At bay, where never pencil comes nor pem

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti · from Not As These in The House of Life 1870 kindle ebook ASIN B0082R81E8
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Remembered today

Richard Cobbold 5 January 1877 British cleric and writer (1797–1877)

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Mary Elizabeth Barber: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Stella Gibbons: Jburlinson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Richard Cobbold: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized

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