4 December The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 07
- Julia Pardoe1806 · Beverley British writer (1806–1862)
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Samuel Butler1835 · Langar English novelist and critic (1835–1902) -
Clara Gilbert Cole1868 · Nantwich English campaigner (1868–1956) -
A. L. Rowse1903 · St Austell British historian (1903–1997) -
Robert Payne1911 · Cornwall British lecturer, novelist, historian, poet and biographer (1911-1983) -
Alexander Baron1917 · Maidenhead British novelist and screenwriter (1917–1999) -
Natasha Pulley1988 · Cambridge British teacher and author (1988-)
Thought for the day
Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.
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Remembered today
Published on this day
- 2008 The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
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Photo credits
- Samuel Butler: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Clara Gilbert Cole: Herbert Cole, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- A. L. Rowse: Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Payne: PBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alexander Baron: Nick Baron, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Natasha Pulley: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Gay: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Adeline Sergeant: Helen C. Black Photograph by H. S. Mendelssohn, London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Arthur Morrison: not stated, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lady Dorothy Mills: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alfred Oliver Pollard: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized