Classics Calendar for March 12

Martha (Elizabeth Taylor) and George (Richard Burton)
in Mike Nichols's 1966 film version of Edward
Albee's
play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Here are today's milestones:



Born on this day:

John Aubrey (1626; died June 7, 1697) English natural philosopher (scientist); Brief Lives; Monumenta Britannica



Richard Steele (1672; died September 1, 1729) Irish writer; with Joseph Addison, published The Tatler and The Spectator



George Berkeley (1685; died January 14, 1753) Anglo-Irish philosopher and Bishop (of Cloyne, Ireland); A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge



Stewart Edward White (1873; died September 18, 1946) American writer, novelist, and spiritualist who wrote Arizona Nights



Jack Kerouac (1922; died October 21, 1969) American novelist and poet who wrote The Town and the City; On the Road; The Dharma Bums; Mexico City Blues



Edward Albee (1928; died September 16, 2016) American playwright; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; The Zoo Story; A Delicate Balance; The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?; Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1967, 1975, and 1994)



Died on this day:

Gregory the Great (604; born Unknown Date, c. 540) Roman Church Father and Pope; enacted liturgical reforms, and is credited with "Gregorian" chant



Nizami Ganjavi (1209; born Unknown Date, 1141) Persian Muslim poet; Panj Ganj (The Five Jewels) or Khamsa, five long narrative poems



Bonus Classic:

Kabir (15th century) Indian mystic poet; Bijak (sacred texts); Anurag Sagar (Ocean of Love)



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