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#1081 · February 8, 2024, 2:19 pm

8 February 1828. Jules Verne was born in Nantes, France. He had a profound influence on science fiction. His novels include Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. pic.twitter.com/8UpDpcIc8j

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 8, 2024

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#1082 · February 8, 2024, 2:21 pm

#RIP #OTD 1999 novelist (A Severed Head; The Bell; The Black Prince; The Sea, The Sea), philosopher Iris Murdoch died; Alzheimer's in Oxford aged 79. Her brain donated to medical science; cremated remains scattered rose garden of Oxford Crematorium https://t.co/FN14ByBh6Q pic.twitter.com/z173xlCRuZ

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#1083 · February 9, 2024, 1:57 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1881, writer (Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov), Fyodor Dostoevsky, died in St. Petersburg, at the age of 59 from a pulmonary haemorrhage. Tikhvin Cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in Saint Petersburg https://t.co/GypYxGlGpX pic.twitter.com/5CJUN6NJqA

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#1084 · February 9, 2024, 1:58 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1906; poet ("We Wear the Mask"), novelist, playwright Paul Laurence Dunbar died from tuberculosis in Dayton, Ohio at the age of 33. Woodland Cemetery in Dayton https://t.co/GypYxGlGpX pic.twitter.com/yO074mSryf

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#1085 · February 10, 2024, 2:18 pm

10 February 1890. Boris Pasternak was born in Moscow, Russia. Best known as the author of the novel, Doctor Zhivago, which became a major Hollywood film. Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958, but the Soviet Union government forced him to decline the prize. pic.twitter.com/iIrLOSAxrZ

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 10, 2024

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#1086 · February 10, 2024, 2:20 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1957 writer (Little House on the Prairie) Laura Ingalls Wilder died at her Rocky Ridge Farm home in Mansfield, Missouri, in her sleep, aged 90. Mansfield Cemetery in Mansfield https://t.co/gauN7wnTOM pic.twitter.com/qJMp6vQQS4

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#1087 · February 10, 2024, 2:20 pm

#RIP #OTD in in 1992, writer (The Autobiography of Malcolm X; Roots: The Saga of an American Family) Alex Haley died in Seattle, Washington, of a heart attack at the age of 70. Interment beside his childhood home in Henning, Tennessee https://t.co/gauN7wnTOM pic.twitter.com/ZowASwaOqc

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#1088 · February 10, 2024, 2:20 pm

#RIP #OTD in 2005, playwright, essayist, screenwriter (All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, The Misfits), Arthur Miller, died at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, aged 89. Roxbury Center Cemetery https://t.co/gauN7wnTOM pic.twitter.com/kWasDXbYG1

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#1089 · February 11, 2024, 2:10 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1650, philosopher, mathematician, scientist and writer, “The Father of Modern Philosophy”, René Descartes, died in Stockholm, Sweden at the age of 53. Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris https://t.co/vnTI6WkW3i pic.twitter.com/I8H7Z8D6vh

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#1090 · February 11, 2024, 2:11 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1862 artist, poet, muse (for artists Walter Deverell, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, her husband, Dante Gabriel Rossetti) Elizabeth Siddal died from a laudanum overdose in London, aged 32. Highgate Cemetery. portrait by Rossetti https://t.co/vnTI6WkW3i pic.twitter.com/6FveitIHVD

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#1091 · February 11, 2024, 2:11 pm

11 February 1940. Popular novelist, John Buchan, died (aged 64). 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/n5Arvvk3r3

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 11, 2024

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#1092 · February 11, 2024, 2:13 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1963 poet (The Colossus and Other Poems, Ariel), writer (The Bell Jar), Pulitzer Prize recipient, Sylvia Plath died; carbon monoxide poisoning in her kitchen in London, age 30. Heptonstall’s parish churchyard of St Thomas the Apostle https://t.co/vnTI6WkW3i pic.twitter.com/ghSLPfDl0W

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#1093 · February 12, 2024, 1:57 pm

12 February 1804. Prussian-born philosopher, Immanuel Kant, died (aged 79). He’s considered a central figure in the development of modern philosophy. His best known work was, The Critique of Pure Reason, in which he questioned the idea of objectivity. pic.twitter.com/o1ViypsKc9

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 12, 2024

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#1094 · February 14, 2024, 1:04 pm

14 February 1895. Oscar Wilde’s final play, The Importance of Being Earnest, opened at the St. James’ Theatre, London. It’s a farcical comedy in which the characters maintain fictitious personae to escape from the burdensome social obligations of Victorian society. pic.twitter.com/G1CktAVnbh

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 14, 2024

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#1095 · February 14, 2024, 1:05 pm

#RIP #OTD 1989 ornithologist, author (Birds of the West Indies), the man whose name became 007’s, James Bond died from cancer in the Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia aged 89. Church of the Messiah in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania https://t.co/ytF1cEg6tq pic.twitter.com/ZjXzhGRyvj

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#1096 · February 14, 2024, 1:05 pm

14 February 1975. British Novelist, Pelham Grenville (“PG”) Wodehouse, died (aged 93). He created several enduring fictional characters, the best known being the feather-brained, Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves. pic.twitter.com/GysE7D3rsT

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 14, 2024

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#1097 · February 14, 2024, 1:06 pm

14 February 2010. Former jump jockey and best selling novelist, Dick Francis, died (aged 89). His books centred around crime, and murders in the horse racing game. His most famous moment as a jockey came when Devon Loch slipped when close to winning the 1956 Grand National. pic.twitter.com/kp7NuO2d8h

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 14, 2024

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#1098 · February 15, 2024, 3:05 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1998 novelist, travel writer, journalist, one of the great war correspondents, third wife of Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn died from cyanide poisoning in London, aged 89. Cremated remains scattered in the Thames https://t.co/dralXz1EEK pic.twitter.com/zE7VkbnLRp

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#1099 · February 16, 2024, 3:06 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1917, novelist (Le Jardin des supplices, Le Journal d'une femme de chambre, Les Vingt et un Jours d'un neurasthénique), art critic, travel writer, journalist, playwright, Octave Mirbeau died in Paris, aged 69. Passy Cemetery, Paris https://t.co/xkk045GrNX pic.twitter.com/7bEw3Yg5eY

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#1100 · February 16, 2024, 3:07 pm

16 February 1992. Acclaimed novelist, Angela Carter, died (aged 51). She’s best known for her books The Bloody Chamber and Nights at the Circus. In 2008, The Times ranked Carter in 10th place in its list of “Best British Writers Since 1945”. pic.twitter.com/nczYE7u4Bd

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 16, 2024

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