23 January The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 02
Thought for the day
The whole nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it.
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Remembered today
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Edmund Spenser English poet (c. 1552–1599) -
John Cleland British writer (1709-1789) -
Frances Brooke English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator (1724-1789) -
James Plumptre English clergyman and playwright (1771–1832) -
Thomas Love Peacock English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company (1785–1866) -
Charles Kingsley British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875) -
Richard Watson Dixon English poet and divine (1833-1900)
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Photo credits
- Clara Reeve: Unidentified engraver, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Chips Hardy: Benizio_O._Pereira, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edmund Spenser: English School / Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Cleland: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Frances Brooke: Catherine Read, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- James Plumptre: Hepburn Mitchelson (probably Archibald Hepburn Mitchelson of Middleton), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Love Peacock: Henry Wallis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Kingsley: unknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Richard Watson Dixon: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized