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The church of Saint Giles in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire,
England. It is believed by some to be the locus
of Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Giorgio Vasari (1511; died June 27, 1574) Italian painter and biographer;
Lives of the Artists, especially "Leonardo da Vinci" and "Michelangelo"
Emily Bronte (1818; died December 19, 1848) English novelist and poet;
Wuthering Heights
Susan Shelby Magoffin (1827; died October 26, 1855) American traveler and diarist;
Down the Santa Fe Trail and Into Mexico
Thorstein Veblen (1857; died August 3, 1929) Norwegian-American economist and sociologist;
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Died on this day:
William Penn (1718; born October 24, 1644) English Quaker philosopher;
Fruits of Solitude;
No Cross, No Crown
Thomas Gray (1771; born December 26, 1716) English poet;
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard;
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
Walter Pater (1894; born August 4, 1839) English essayist, critic, and novelist;
The Renaissance;
Marius the Epicurean
Koda Rohan (1947; born July 23, 1867) Japanese author; "Encounter with a Skull"; "The Icon of Liberty";
The Five-Storied Pagoda
Erna Fergusson (1964; born January 10, 1888) New Mexico-based writer, historian, and storyteller, who documented the culture and history of New Mexico for more than forty years. Wrote
Dancing Gods.
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro (1965; born July 24, 1886) Japanese fiction writer; playwright; essayist;
Tade ku mushi (
Some Prefer Nettles);
Sasameyuki (
Light Snow =
The Makioka Sisters)
Ingmar Bergman (2007; born July 14, 1918) Swedish filmmaker;
The Seventh Seal;
Wild Strawberries;
Winter Light;
Persona;
Cries and Whispers;
Fanny and Alexander; three Academy Awards
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