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Tag: #onthisday

  • Rudyard Kipling was born on this day

    Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born 150 years ago today in Bombay, India. He was educated in England, studied at the United Services College and began a career in journalism. Kipling later made the transition to writer and is best remembered for his mastery of short stories. To celebrate his birthday, here are five interesting particulars…

  • What’s in a name? Charles Dickens born on this day

    Charles Dickens was born on 7 February in 1812. Author of more than a dozen novels, many short stories, plays and non-fiction pieces, Dickens is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. He was also active as a social critic and used his novels to highlight injustices and inequities suffered by the poor….

  • Born on this day: Virginia Woolf

    On this day in 1882 Virginia Woolf was born, Adeline Virginia Stephen. One of the foremost modernists of the 20th century, and considered a major innovator in the English language, Woolf’s works have been translated into over 50 languages. Woolf was closely connected to the literary and artistic heavyweights of the day. Her mother was the niece of…