Reconstruction of the Great Hall of the Library at Alexandria as seen in the book accompanying Carl Sagan's groundbreaking TV series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Carl Sagan (1934; died December 20, 1996) American scientist and author; Cosmos: A Personal Voyage; The Dragons of Eden; Pale Blue Dot; Contact (novel); Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, (1978)
Ivan Turgenev (1818; died September 3, 1883) Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright known for the novel Fathers and Sons.
Died on this day:
Howard Pyle (1911; born March 5, 1853) American author; The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood; The Story of King Arthur and His Knights; The Story of the Champions of the Round Table; etc.
Guillaume Apollinaire (1918; born August 26, 1880) French author and poet who wrote Calligrammes
Dylan Thomas (1953; born October 27, 1914) Welsh poet and writer who wrote "Do not go gentle into that good night"; "And death shall have no dominion"; Under Milk Wood; A Child's Christmas in Wales; Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Bonus Classic:
Galen (129-c.?200/c.?216) Greek physician; wrote voluminously on medical discoveries during the Roman era
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