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Gylfi, a mythological king of Sweden, meets the
god Odin in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
John Coltrane (1926; died July 17, 1967) American jazz saxophonist and composer known especially for the genres "bebop" and "hard bop," and who won a special Pulitzer Prize in 2007; notable works include "My Favorite Things"; "Naima"; "Giant Steps"; "Equinox"; "Cousin Mary"; "Central Park West"
Died on this day:
Snorri Sturluson (1241; born Unknown date, 1179) Icelandic historian and poet, assumed author or editor of the
Prose Edda (
Younger Edda) (compiled around 1220-1241), an Old Norse saga
Friedrich Wohler (1882; born July 31, 1800) German chemist who wrote
Hand-book of mineral analysis;
Wöhler's Outlines of Organic Chemistry
Wilkie Collins (1889; born January 8, 1824) English novelist, playwright, and short story writer who wrote
The Woman in White;
No Name;
Armadale;
The Moonstone
John Wesley Powell (1902; born March 24, 1834) American explorer who wrote
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
Sigmund Freud (1939; born May 6, 1856) Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis knwon for
The Interpretation of Dreams;
Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis;
Totem and Taboo;
Beyond the Pleasure Principle;
The Ego and the Id;
The Future of an Illusion;
Civilization and Its Discontents;
Moses and Monotheism
Pablo Neruda (1973; born July 12, 1904) Chilean poet known for
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair; Nobel Prize for Literature (1971)
Bonus Classic:
Herodotus (c. 484-c. 425 BCE) Greek historian whose
The Histories (about the Greco-Persian Wars) were the first use of the word in the modern sense (it had meant "inquiries").
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