#RIP #OTD in 1882, transcendentalist movement leader,, essayist, lecturer, philosopher, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson died from pneumonia in Concord, Massachusetts at the age of 78. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts https://t.co/agJv7t6Suy pic.twitter.com/G4SOk46cwW

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#RIP #OTD in 1932, poet (The Bridge) Hart Crane either fell or jumped overboard from the steamship Orizaba, in the Gulf of Mexico, at the age of 32. His body was never recovered. Memorial marker on his father’s tombstone in Garrettsville, Ohio https://t.co/agJv7t6Suy pic.twitter.com/hYnYxYBjd4

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28 April 1926. Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama, USA. She’s best known for her classic anti-racist novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, which became a successful Hollywood film. Lee only published one other book, but was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007. pic.twitter.com/sup1MFengq

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) April 28, 2023

28 April 1948. Popular fantasy novelist, Terry Pratchett, was born in Beaconsfield. He’s best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. With more than 85 million books sold worldwide, translated into 37 languages, he’s one of the UK’s best-selling authors. pic.twitter.com/x0FENpXZ3F

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28 April 1960. Crime novelist, Ian Rankin, was born in Cardenden, Scotland. He’s best known for his Inspector Rebus series of novels, set mainly in Edinburgh. Thirteen of them, plus a short story, were adapted into a ITV drama series, with John Hannah as Rebus pic.twitter.com/BnOgiKUQ7z

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29 April 1951. Complex philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, died (aged 62). During his lifetime he published just one slim book, the 75-page, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, and one academic article. His voluminous manuscripts were subsequently edited and published posthumously. pic.twitter.com/EtLvRYC9YP

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) April 29, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 2011 writer of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism (The Female Man, "When It Changed"), academic, feminist, Joanna Russ died after a series of strokes in Tucson, Arizona, aged 74. (Photo Ileen Weber, Cover art Morgan Kane) https://t.co/2GkGpAcmsG pic.twitter.com/fSHCGL1IMX

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30 April 1952. An English translation of The Diary of a Young Girl by Holocaust victim, Anne Frank, was published in the UK. It documents her life in hiding in Amsterdam from 1942 to 1944 and became a worldwide best seller. pic.twitter.com/uWX9snMXvP

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) April 30, 2023

1 May 1908. Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell was published in the UK. It became the handbook of the Boy Scouts. Most chapters begin with hints to instructors and include campfire yarns with further sections outlining games, activities, and book recommendations. pic.twitter.com/QiFdN8q0Fv

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 1, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1857 dramatist (Le Chandelier, Les caprices de Marianne), poet, novelist (La Confession d'un enfant du siècle) Alfred de Musset died of heart failure in Paris, aged 46. Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris https://t.co/UHBthSayU6 pic.twitter.com/xiLgpMqL1Q

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3 May 1937. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It was turned into a Hollywood film, starring, Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh and won 10 Oscars. Set in the Civil War, it focuses on Scarlett O’Hara’s relationship with Rhett Butler. pic.twitter.com/5BYEHjeddN

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 3, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1862, author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and leading transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau died from complications of tuberculosis at his home in Concord, Massachusetts, aged 44. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord https://t.co/HWHsvnpyVK pic.twitter.com/w6OVn01Dig

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#RIP #OTD in 1919, author (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) L. Frank Baum died from a stroke in Hollywood at the age of 62. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California https://t.co/HWHsvnpyVK pic.twitter.com/1F40hsjGiq

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7 May 1812. Robert Browning, one of the leading Victorian poets, was born in London. His poems have been praised for their irony and dark humour, and criticised for their length and their often very difficult syntax and vocabulary. pic.twitter.com/3PRYqxh1eF

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 7, 2023

7 May 1921. Acclaimed historian, Asa Briggs, was born in Keighley. He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era, writing several seminal books on the subject. He also wrote a definitive 5-volume history of British broadcasting. pic.twitter.com/cxx0qX4fq0

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 7, 2023

7 May 1940. Angela Carter, was born in Eastbourne. She’s best known for her acclaimed novel, The Bloody Chamber. The Times ranked Carter 10th place in its list of “The 50 Greatest British Writers since 1945”. pic.twitter.com/4adg57Me5g

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 7, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1880, novelist (Madame Bovary) Gustave Flaubert died in Croisset, France of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 58. Flaubert family vault in Rouen Cemetery, Rouen, France https://t.co/Eu55RlNBqx pic.twitter.com/htLSCqcudj

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#RIP #OTD in 2000 poet (Yo soy mi casa, Puerta obstinada, Círculo de angustia) Pita Amor died in Mexico City, aged 81. Panteón Francés de San Joaquín, Miguel Hidalgo, Miguel Hidalgo Borough, Distrito Federal, Mexico https://t.co/Eu55RlNBqx pic.twitter.com/FqFaVhIH1f

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#RIP #OTD in 2009, journalist, sportswriter, novelist (Billy Boy), biographer (Willie Nelson, Harvey Penick), screenwriter (Tom Horn), Ann Richards' partner, Bud Shrake died; St. David’s Hospital, Austin; lung cancer, aged 77. Texas State Cemetery, Austin https://t.co/Eu55RlNBqx pic.twitter.com/z03Rx27SGz

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