10 February The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 09
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John Suckling1609 · London English poet -
Benjamin Hoadly1706 · London British doctor and dramatist (1706-1757) -
Charles Lamb1775 · London British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834) -
Henry Hart Milman1791 · London English historian and churchman (1791–1868) -
Eliza Lynn Linton1822 · Keswick English novelist and journalist (1822–1898) -
Henry Septimus Sutton1825 · Nottingham English journalist and temperance activist, known as a religious poet -
George E. J. Powell1842 · Cheltenham Welsh antiquary, collector and translator (1842–1882) -
Winifred Mary Letts1882 · Broughton British poet -
Alex Comfort1920 · London British academic and physician (1920–2000)
Thought for the day
None can usurp this height... But those to whom the miseries of the world Are misery, and will not let them rest.
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Published on this day
- 1914 The Little Nugget by P. G. Wodehouse
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Photo credits
- John Suckling: Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Benjamin Hoadly: William Hogarth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Lamb: After Henry Hoppner Meyer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henry Hart Milman: George Frederic Watts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Eliza Lynn Linton: not stated, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henry Septimus Sutton: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George E. J. Powell: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Winifred Mary Letts: Prakruthi Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alex Comfort: Open Media Ltd., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Evans Burton: Henry Peters Gay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ellen Wood: Joseph Sydney Willis Hodges, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edgar Wallace: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons, resized