#RIP #OTD in 1887 author of poetry ("The New Colossus"), prose, and translations, activist Emma Lazarus died from Hodgkin's lymphoma in New York City, aged 38. Beth Olam Cemetery in Cypress Hills, Queens https://t.co/cz5dswjnIC pic.twitter.com/Yp90ou1PAC

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#RIP #OTD in 1910, writer (War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, "After The Ball") Leo Tolstoy, died in Astapovo, Russia, aged 82. The “Place of the Green Wand” in the Forest of the Old Order at Yasnaya Polyana https://t.co/aoN4CvyWkx pic.twitter.com/DWHXINAUm0

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21 November 1694. Philosopher, Jean Francois Voltaire, was born in Paris, France. He was a key influence on the 1789 French Revolution, and noted for his criticism of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church. He was also a champion of freedom of speech. pic.twitter.com/wBviW8DZPQ

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 21, 2023

21 November 1932. Beryl Bainbridge was born in Liverpool. She was best known for her psychological novels and popularising the urban myth of Adolf Hitler once living in Liverpool in, Young Adolf. In 2008, The Times named her as one of the “50 Greatest British Writers since 1945”. pic.twitter.com/ErYBqEa1k5

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 21, 2023

22 November 1819. George Eliot (Mary Evans), was born in Nuneaton. She wrote 7 novels: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, the Radical, Daniel Deronda and her masterpiece Middlemarch. pic.twitter.com/BpwOPHvJHk

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 22, 2023

#RIP #OLD in 1916 novelist (The Call of the Wild, White Fang), journalist and activist, Jack London died at his ranch in Glen Ellen, California, aged 40. Cremated remains interred at his ranch https://t.co/Z6QbHZtEOg pic.twitter.com/58SpiDAwjj

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#RIP #OTD in 1963 writer (The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Space Trilogy) and lay theologian C. S. Lewis died at his home in Oxford from kidney failure, aged 64. Holy Trinity Church, Headington, Oxford https://t.co/Z6QbHZtEOg pic.twitter.com/4ugo1cJc62

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#RIP #OTD in 1963 writer (Brave New World, The Doors of Perception, Island), philosopher Aldous Huxley died from an assisted intentional overdose of LSD, aged 69. Cremated remains Watts Mortuary Chapel in Compton, Guildford, Surrey, England https://t.co/Z6QbHZtEOg pic.twitter.com/BlbLV75nOi

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23 November 1644. John Milton published, Areopagitica, a pamphlet opposing censorship. It’s regarded as one of the most influential and impassioned philosophical defences of the principle of a right to freedom of speech and expression. pic.twitter.com/z20DLjMXe3

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

#RIP #OTD in 1976, adventurer, author (La Condition Humaine, Les Voix du Silence) and statesman, André Malraux, died in Créteil, near Paris at the age of 75. Cremated remains in the Panthéon in Paris https://t.co/RlMP3fNgz8 pic.twitter.com/YLT7Z8EJ5z

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 23, 2023

23 November 1990. Welsh born writer, Roald Dahl, died (aged 74). His often macabre books aimed at children include, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The BFG. His books have sold 250 million copies worldwide. pic.twitter.com/SBOodJbeqm

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

24 November 1859. Charles Darwin’s landmark study, On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, was published in UK. The book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. pic.twitter.com/AgE8PZ72Gz

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2023

24 November 2004. Popular novelist, Arthur Hailey, died (aged 84). His meticulously researched novels, include such best sellers as: Hotel, Airport, Wheels, The Moneychangers and Overload. His books have sold over 170 million copies in 38 different languages. pic.twitter.com/d5EzbQkgWm

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1763, author (Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, the basis of operas by Massenet and Puccini) Abbé Prévost died at the age of 66 in Chantilly, France. Final resting place in Chantilly https://t.co/raluo9FDiu pic.twitter.com/iUsiyIjFTR

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#RIP #OTD in 1968, writer (The Jungle, Oil!) Upton Sinclair died in a nursing home in Bound Brook, New Jersey at the age of 90. Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC https://t.co/raluo9FDiu pic.twitter.com/RIWhttLnY3

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 25, 2023

26 November 1864. Oxford Don, Charles Dodgson (whose author name was Lewis Carroll), presented Alice Liddell (right) with the story she had inspired: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, on the date of its publication in the UK. pic.twitter.com/484in7FmmG

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 26, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 8 BC, Roman lyric poet (Odes), Horace died in Rome at the age of 56. (Drawing of Horace, as imagined by Anton von Werner) https://t.co/sDWUAZExSr pic.twitter.com/2fFZ79SE0e

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#RIP #OTD in 1895, author and dramatist (La Dame aux camélias), the son of Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas, fils died at Marly-le-Roi, Yvelines, at the age of 71. Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris https://t.co/Uyt0ECjve6 pic.twitter.com/UwLOVvQlSE

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#RIP #OTD in 1953, playwright (Long Day's Journey into Night, Mourning Becomes Electra, The Iceman Cometh), Eugene O’Neill, died in a Sheraton Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, aged 65. Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston https://t.co/Uyt0ECk33E pic.twitter.com/RS7QJpxS6f

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 27, 2023