14 August The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 04
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John Harington1560 · Kelston English courtier, Queens godson and author -
Letitia Elizabeth Landon1802 · London British poet and novelist (1802–1838) -
Walter Besant1836 · Portsmouth English novelist and historian (1836–1901) -
John Galsworthy1867 · Kingston upon Thames English novelist and playwright (1867–1933)
Thought for the day
And he smiles, but not as Sultans smile, and settles back the blade.... (But Don John of Austria rides home from the Crusade.)
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Remembered today
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Sarah Fuller Flower Adams English poet, hymnwriter (1805–1848) -
Richard Jefferies British naturalist and writer (1848–1887) -
Leonard Woolf English political theorist, author, publisher and civil servant (1880-1969) -
Geoffrey Scott British architectural historian (1884–1929) -
H. C. McNeile British soldier and author (1888–1937) -
Gerald Heard British writer and academic (1889–1971) -
J. B. Priestley English writer (1894–1984)
Published on this day
- 2003 The Fire-Eaters by David Almond
- 2014 J by Howard Jacobson
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Photo credits
- John Harington: Circle of Hieronimo Custodis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Walter Besant: Herbert Rose Barraud, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Galsworthy: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sarah Fuller Flower Adams: Margaret Gillies, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Richard Jefferies: Unknown, irrelevant due to age, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Leonard Woolf: Oliver Mallinson Lewis from Oxford, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Geoffrey Scott: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- H. C. McNeile: unknown (probably staff photographer of McClure's or self-provided), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Gerald Heard: Glyn Warren Philpot RA (5 October 1884 – 16 December 1937), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- J. B. Priestley: Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized