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Rex Harrison as Hugh Lofting's Doctor
Dolittle in a 1967 film adaptation |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Albert Schweitzer (1875; died September 4, 1965) French-German theologian and physician known for missionary work; winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Hugh Lofting (1886; died September 26, 1947) British author who wrote
The Story of Doctor Dolittle and its sequels;
The Story of Mrs Tubbs and
Tommy, Tilly, and Mrs. Tubbs;
Porridge Poetry;
Noisy Nora;
The Twilight of Magic; and
Victory for the Slain (for adults)
John Dos Passos (1896; died September 28, 1970) American novelist who wrote
Manhattan Transfer; and the "U.S.A. trilogy":
The 42nd Parallel;
1919; and
The Big Money
Mishima Yukio (1925; died Died: November 25, 1970) Japanese novelist, playwright, poet, short story writer, and essayist;
Confessions of a Mask;
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion;
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea;
The Sea of Fertility tetralogy (
Spring Snow;
Runaway Horses;
The Temple of Dawn;
The Decay of the Angel);
Hagakure Nyumon
Died on this day:
George Berkeley (1753; born March 12, 1685) Anglo-Irish philosopher and Bishop (of Cloyne, Ireland);
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Lewis Carroll (1898; born January 27, 1832) English writer and mathematician;
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland;
Through the Looking-Glass;
The Hunting of the Snark; "Jabberwocky"
Anaïs Nin (1977; born February 21, 1903) French-born Cuban essayist and memoirist who lived most of her life and wrote in the US. Known for novels, critical studies, essays, short stories, and erotica, including
Delta of Venus,
Little Birds, and her diaries.
Bonus Classic:
Margery Kempe (c. 1373-after 1438) English Christian mystic;
The Book of Margery Kempe
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