Specimens of the British Poets - Thomas CampbellThomas Campbell ( July 27, 1777 June 15, 1844) was a Scottish poet. He was born in Glasgow, the eighth son of Alexander Campbell, His father, of the family of Campbell of Kirnan, Argyllshire, belonged to a Glasgow firm trading in Virginia, and lost his mo
The Vampyre - John William PolidoriJohn William Polidori ( September 7, 1795 August 24, 1821) is credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. Polidori was the oldest son of Gaetano Polidori, an Italian political emigre, and Anna Maria Pierce, a governess. He had
The Veiled Protectress - Mary MeekeMary Meeke was a prolific author of around 30 novels during the early 19th century, and is believed to have died in October 1816. She sometimes used the pseudonym 'Gabrielli', and probably married a clergyman and poet, the Reverend Francis Meeke (B. 1776,
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January 1January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other - Arthur Hugh CloughArthur Hugh Clough ( January 1, 1819 November 13, 1861), English poet, was born at Liverpool. He came of a good Welsh stock by his father, James Butler Clough, and of a Yorkshire one by his mother, Anne Perfect. In 1822 his father, a cotton merchant, move, poet (+ 18611861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 1 Benito Juarez captures Mexico City January 2 Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United)
February 22February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in leap years. Events 1290s BC The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple. 1281 Martin IV becomes Pop - James Russell LowellJames Russell Lowell ( 22 February, 1819 12 August, 1891) was a United States poet, critic, satirist, writer, diplomat, and abolitionist. Lowell was born, lived most of his life, and died, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of Charles Lowell (178, poet (+ 1891)
