9 January The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 06
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John Scott1730 · Grange Walk English Quaker poet and writer -
William Robert Spencer1770 · London British poet (1769-1834) -
Anne Marsh-Caldwell1791 · Newcastle-under-Lyme English novelist (1791-1874) -
William Johnson Cory1823 · Great Torrington English educator and poet (1823-1892) -
Thomas William Robertson1829 · Newark-on-Trent English dramatist and innovative stage director (1829–1871) -
Sylvia Kantaris1936 · Grindleford British poet
Thought for the day
A crime, which, though perhaps not considered by law as the highest, is in truth and in fact, the blackest sin, which can contaminate the hands, or pollute the soul of man.
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- John Scott: John Hall, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Robert Spencer: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Anne Marsh-Caldwell: Samuel Stillman Osgood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Johnson Cory: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas William Robertson: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sylvia Kantaris: Geoffrey Kantaris, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Elizabeth Benger: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Guy Thorne: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Peter Cook: NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized