16 April The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 05
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John Davies1569 · England English poet, lawyer, and politician, born 1569 -
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax1661 · Horton English politician and noble (1661-1715) -
Peter Ustinov1921 · London Borough of Camden British actor, writer and director (1921–2004) -
Kingsley Amis1922 · Clapham Common English novelist, poet, critic and teacher (1922-1995) -
Hayley Squires1988 · Forest Hill English actress and playwright
Thought for the day
With all, the beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit; but with some natures utter elusion is the one special event which will make a passing love permanent for ever.
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Remembered today
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George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham English statesman and poet (1628-1687) -
Aphra Behn British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689) -
Frederick Reynolds British dramatist (1764-1850) -
Ralph Hale Mottram British writer (1883–1971) -
Ivy Low Litvinov English-Russian writer, translator and wife of Maxim Litvinov (1889-1977) -
Yvonne Green English poet, translator, writer and barrister
Published on this day
- 2000 The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke
- 1973 Some Lie and Some Die by Ruth Rendell
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Photo credits
- John Davies: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax: Attributed to Michael Dahl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Peter Ustinov: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Kingsley Amis: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Hayley Squires: Simon James from Gateshead, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham: Peter Lely, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Aphra Behn: Peter Lely, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Frederick Reynolds: John Raphael Smith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ralph Hale Mottram: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ivy Low Litvinov: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Yvonne Green: Yvonne Green, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized