19 August The literary calendar
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Born on this day 06
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Samuel Richardson1687 · Derbyshire English writer and printer (1689–1761) -
Agnes Strickland1796 · London English writer and editor (1796-1874) -
Jane Wells Webb Loudon1807 · Birmingham English science fiction writer and botanist (1807–1858) -
Charles Montagu Doughty1843 · Saxmundham British poet (1843-1926) -
Arthur Waley1889 · Royal Tunbridge Wells British orientalist and sinologist (1889–1966) -
Jonathan Coe1961 · Birmingham English novelist
Thought for the day
Men fight for liberty, and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
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Published on this day
- 1999 Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
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Photo credits
- Samuel Richardson: Joseph Highmore, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Agnes Strickland: John Hayes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jane Wells Webb Loudon: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Montagu Doughty: Unknown photographer; photogravure by Emery Walker. (See National Portrait Gallery – person extended – Charles Montagu D, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Arthur Waley: Rachel (Ray) Strachey (1887–1940), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jonathan Coe: Taken by Flickr user Walnut Whippet at the 2006 Humber Mouth Festival, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Bloomfield: Henry Bone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Palgrave Simpson: Bean, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Brian Aldiss: Szymon Sokół, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized