13 December The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
He often lying broad awake, and yet Remaining from the body, and apart In intellect and power and will, hath heard Time flowing in the middle of the night, And all things creeping to a day of doom.
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Remembered today
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Samuel Johnson English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784) -
Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard English writer, editor -
Harcourt Williams English actor (1880–1957) -
L. P. Hartley British novelist and short story writer (1895–1972) -
Mary Renault English novelist (1905–1983) - Henry Green English novelist (1905-1973)
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Photo credits
- Michael Morton: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mary Butts: Bertram Park, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Harold Parry: Arthur St. John Adcock, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Samuel Johnson: Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard: Barrauds Ltd., London, (1892-1904) Reference:Michael Pritchard (1994) A Directory of London Photographers 1841-1908, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Harcourt Williams: unknown (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- L. P. Hartley: Lady Ottoline Morrell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mary Renault: Jewish Daily Forward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized