#RIP #OTD in 1762 aristocrat, writer (Turkish Embassy Letters), poet, smallpox vaccine advocate Lady Mary Wortley Montagu died at her house on Great George Street, London, aged 73. Entombment Grosvenor Chapel. Memorial Lichfield Cathedral https://t.co/v7O5PVvgo6 pic.twitter.com/xwkcKRoqIs

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#RIP #OTD in 1904 author of short stories ("Désirée's Baby", "The Story of an Hour", "The Storm", "At the Cadian Ball") and novels (The Awakening) Kate Chopin died from a brain hemorrhage in St. Louis, Missouri, aged 54. Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis https://t.co/fotX1UxdlW pic.twitter.com/nVnucHIh99

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#RIP #OTD in 2009 University of Texas at Austin graduate, journalist, novelist (The Time it Never Rained, The Good Old Boys, The Man Who Rode Midnight), Elmer Kelton died; natural causes; San Angelo, Texas aged 83. Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens, San Angelo https://t.co/fotX1UxdlW pic.twitter.com/2glKPnBrw2

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23 August 1947. Playwright, William (“Willy”) Russell, was born in Whiston, Merseyside. His best known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, and the musicals Blood Brothers and John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert. Shirley Valentine & Educating Rita became feature films pic.twitter.com/liqf75LDuL

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 23, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1943, French philosopher (L'Iliade ou le poème de la force, L'Enracinement, La Pesanteur et la Grâce), mystic, social activist, Simone Weil died in a sanatorium in Ashford, Kent, England, from cardiac failure aged 34. Bybrook Cemetery, Ashford https://t.co/eyL4BxZlcc pic.twitter.com/GfoU6xPdZ4

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#RIP #OTD in 1776, Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, David Hume died in Edinburgh at the age of 65. Hume Family private mausoleum stands on the south-western slope of Calton Hill, in the Old Calton Cemetery in Edinburgh https://t.co/dV15AVHiy3 pic.twitter.com/RY7mQOgQ45

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#RIP #OTD in 1900 writer (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), philosopher, poet, composer, classical philologist, Friedrich Nietzsche died; stroke; Weimar, German Empire aged 55. Röcken bei Lützen, Germany. Sculpture Das Röckener Bacchanal; Klaus Messerschmidt https://t.co/dV15AVHiy3 pic.twitter.com/Xfc5gw6xGr

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25 August 1938. Frederick Forsyth was born in Ashford, Kent. His first novel, The Day of The Jackal, was a huge world-wide best seller and turned into a film. Other works include: The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, and The Dogs of War. pic.twitter.com/MV88bp6LtI

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25 August 1949. Award winning novelist, Martin Amis, was born in Oxford. His best-known novels were Money and London Fields. In 2008, The Times named him one of the 50 Greatest British Writers since 1945. He was the son of the famous novelist, Kingsley Amis. pic.twitter.com/cdBCGNgrzx

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#RIP #OTD in 1984, author (Breakfast at Tiffany's, In Cold Blood) Truman Capote died in the Los Angeles home of Johnny Carson's ex-wife Joanne, from liver cancer aged 59. Cremated remains: Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles & Crooked Pond, Long Island, NY https://t.co/dV15AVHiy3 pic.twitter.com/TSgNqj1H7z

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26 August 1875. The popular novelist, John Buchan, was born in Perth, Scotland. His most famous book was The Thirty-Nine Steps, a German spy-thriller set just prior to the First World War, which featured Buchan’s often used hero, Richard Hannay. pic.twitter.com/ssjgEGhY26

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26 August 1904. Christopher Isherwood was born in Wyberslegh Hall, Cheshire. His novel, Goodbye to Berlin, was adapted into the musical film, Cabaret, which is set in the Weimar period, during the period of Hitler’s rise to power. Isherwood is pictured with Liza Minnelli. pic.twitter.com/1BaoqwefDS

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#RIP #OTD in 2018, playwright, screenwriter (Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, The Goodbye Girl, California Suite, The Out-of-Towners) Neil Simon died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan aged 91. Pound Ridge Cemetery, Pound Ridge, New York https://t.co/iyBOy8nRz3 pic.twitter.com/qMYb1LVpQn

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27 August 1770. German philosopher, George Friedrich Hegel, who believed “ideas shape history”, was born in Stuttgart. Bertrand Russell thought Hegel was “the hardest to understand of all the great philosophers”. He was also deeply influential. He was buried in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/ORx0lNVmgh

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27 August 1899. Cecil Smith (known by his pen name C. S Forester), was born in Cairo, Egypt. He’s best known for his 12-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars. He also wrote, The African Queen, which became a feature film. pic.twitter.com/sDiUySz0IB

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 27, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1950, poet, novelist (La Bella Estate, Tra Donne Sole), literary critic and translator Cesare Pavese, died from an overdose of barbiturates in Turin, Italy at the age of 41. Cimitero di Santo Stefano Belbo, Piemonte, Italy https://t.co/1JQJnhxCLu pic.twitter.com/hJaUUmhH5G

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28 August 1749. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He’s one of the greatest German literary figures of all time. He wrote poetry, novels and non-fiction. Matthew Arnold called him “the clearest, the largest and most helpful thinker of modern times”. pic.twitter.com/8ufOyMpoHg

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#RIP #OTD 1859 critic, essayist, friend of Keats and Shelley, poet ("Jenny kiss'd Me", "Abou Ben Adhem", "A Night-Rain in Summer"), Leigh Hunt died in Putney, London, aged 74.  Kensal Green Cemetery https://t.co/2TU3ZdX5r9 pic.twitter.com/LSwmIyQFzw

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28 August 1906. Leading poet, John Betjeman, was born in London. He was UK Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death in 1984, and was one of the most well known and popular. He was also a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture. pic.twitter.com/gHqB13mfta

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