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<p>"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."<br>The History of Rasselas</p><p>British author, linguist & lexicographer Samuel Johnson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1709.</p><p>Johnson’s most famous achievement is his Dictionary, which was the first major comprehensive dictionary of English. It became the standard reference work for decades and influenced the way dictionaries were compiled.</p><p>Samuel Johnson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/297</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Johnson (1775) showing his intense concentration and the weakness of his eyes; he did not want to be depicted as "Blinking Sam". This unique portrait showing his nearsightedness is in the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

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<p>English philosopher, painter, and critic William Hazlitt died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1830.</p><p>He is considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. His works includes "On the Pleasure of Hating" (1826), "The Fight" (1822), "On the Fear of Death" (1822), "Characters of Shakespeare's Plays" (1817).</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_</span><span class="invisible">Hazlitt</span></a></p><p>Books by William Hazlitt at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/800" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/800"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/800</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of William Hazlitt, derived from an 1825 sketch by William Bewick - Frontispiece in Alexander Ireland, William Hazlitt, Essayist and Critic (1889)

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<p>American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet and political activist Katherine Anne Porter died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1980.</p><p>Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. In 1966, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherin</span><span class="invisible">e_Anne_Porter</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Katherine Anne Porter in 1930.

Porter’s expression is serious, calm, and reflective, suggesting both intelligence and introspection. Her eyes, often described as piercing in photographs, convey a sense of intensity and focus, as if she is lost in thought or quietly observing something beyond the camera’s frame.

She is dressed in the fashion of the time, typically wearing a simple, elegant dress or blouse, which exudes an understated sophistication.

Porter’s hair is often worn in a short, bobbed style, fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s, further symbolizing her modernity and independence.

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<p>French physicist Léon Foucault was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1819.</p><p>He is best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. With Hippolyte Fizeau he carried out a series of investigations on the intensity of the light of the sun, as compared with that of carbon in the arc lamp, and of lime in the flame of the oxyhydrogen blowpipe. His is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Foucault" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Foucault"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o</span><span class="invisible">n_Foucault</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/optics/" rel="tag">#optics</a> <a href="/tags/mechanics/" rel="tag">#mechanics</a></p>

Portrait of Léon Foucault french physicist, astronomer(1819–1868).
Photograph by Bertall & Cie.

Foucault’s face is often characterized by a calm, serious expression, fitting for a scientist of his stature. His features, which include a high forehead and prominent nose, reflect the intellectual rigor and curiosity that drove his scientific work.

Foucault is depicted wearing formal attire, typically a dark coat and a high-collared shirt, as was customary for gentlemen and scholars in the 19th century.

Foucault is often portrayed with neatly styled hair, parted at the side, and a well-groomed beard or mustache.

Foucault is seated or standing in a formal pose with a book in his left hand.

Foucault Pendulum. Pendulum for Showing the Rotation of the Earth.

A print of the Foucault Pendulum, 1895

T. O'Conor Sloane - Facts Worth Knowing Selected Mainly from the Scientific American for Household, Workshop, and Farm Embracing Practical and Useful Information for Every Branch of Industry.

The first photograph of the Sun was made by Léon Foucault and Hippolyte Fizeau on 2 April 1845 in Paris, France.
Hippolyte Fizeau, Léon Foucault - http://time.com/3807904/first-photograph-of-the-sun/

Foucault's determination of the relative speed of light in air vs water. Light from a passing through a slit (not shown) is reflected by mirror m (rotating clockwise around c) towards the concave spherical mirrors M and M'. Lens L forms images of the slit on the surfaces of the two concave mirrors. The light path from m to M is entirely through air, while the light path from m to M' is mostly through a water-filled tube T. Lens L' compensates for the effects of the water on the focus. The light reflected back from mirrors M and M' is diverted by a beam splitter towards an eyepiece O. If mirror m is stationary, both images of the slit reflected by M and M' reform at position α. If mirror m is rapidly rotating, light reflected from M forms an image of the slit at α' while light reflected from M' forms an image of the slit at α". The experiment demonstrated that light travels more slowly through water than air. Thus, it disproved Newton's hypothesis that Snell's Law results from an increase in the speed of ballistic light particles as they crossed an air/water interface, and gave what was considered to be definitive support of the wave theory of light.

Léon Foucault (18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) - This is Figure 3 from Sur les vitesses relatives de la lumière dans l'air et dans l'eau / par Léon Foucault (1853).

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<p>"He's not quite blue yet, but that will come, you shall see!"</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1908.</p><p>Maurice Maeterlinck's L'Oiseau bleu is premièred, at Konstantin Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre.</p><p> The French composer Albert Wolff wrote an opera (first performed at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1919) based on Maeterlinck's original play, and Maeterlinck's inamorata Georgette Leblanc produced a novelization.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Bird_(play)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Bird_(play)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue</span><span class="invisible">_Bird_(play)</span></a></p><p>The Blue Bird at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/8606" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/8606</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Alisa Coonen (Mytyl; left) & Sofya Khalyutina (Tyltyl; right) in The Blue Bird of Moscow Art Theatre (1908).

Karl Fischer (Фишер, Карл Андреевич) - http://www.gazeta.lv/story/11970.html

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<p>“Helen Adam marched through her life to the beat of her own drum”<br>—Kristin Prevallet</p><p>Helen Adam (1909–1993) – fey child prodigy (published by Faber & Faber at 14) & daughter of the manse; bardic matriarch of the San Francisco Beats; Worm Queen – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 2 Dec. </p><p>A 🎂🧵</p><p>1/7</p><p><a href="https://caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-prevallet-poems-by-helen-adam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-prevallet-poems-by-helen-adam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-p</span><span class="invisible">revallet-poems-by-helen-adam</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/supernatural/" rel="tag">#supernatural</a> <a href="/tags/ballads/" rel="tag">#ballads</a> <a href="/tags/sanfrancisco/" rel="tag">#SanFrancisco</a> <a href="/tags/beatpoets/" rel="tag">#BeatPoets</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

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<p>Australian writer Miles Franklin died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1954.</p><p>She is best known for her pioneering novel "My Brilliant Career". She was an outspoken advocate for women's rights and played a key role in advancing Australian literature, particularly through her contributions to the depiction of rural life in Australia. The Miles Franklin Award was set up according to the her will.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Franklin" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Franklin"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Fr</span><span class="invisible">anklin</span></a></p><p>Books by Miles Franklin at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4051" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4051"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4051</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of Miles Franklin.

Franklin is frequently shown with a composed, thoughtful expression, indicative of her intellectual depth and dedication to her craft. Her gaze is direct, often looking slightly away from the camera or artist, which gives her an air of contemplation and seriousness. Her eyes convey both determination and introspection, qualities that defined her literary and social activism.

Franklin is typically dressed modestly but with an air of sophistication, often in the styles of the late 19th or early 20th centuries. Whether in a simple blouse or high-collared dress, her clothing underscores her no-nonsense attitude towards her work and life.

Franklin's hair is usually styled in a manner fitting the period, often pinned up or in a short, practical cut. She is not heavily adorned with jewelry or accessories, which reflects her pragmatic, feminist ideals and her rejection of conventional, restrictive norms for women at the time.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OtD</a> 3 Oct 1937 almost a year after their defeat at Cable St, Mosley's Blackshirts attempted to march through Bermondsey, South London. Met with strong local opposition and barricades in the streets, the march never arrived at its intended destination <a href="https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e35-37-the-43-group/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e35-37-the-43-group/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">workingclasshistory.com/podcas</span><span class="invisible">t/e35-37-the-43-group/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p>

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<p>"A poet of one mood in all my lays,<br>Ranging all life to sing my only love,<br>Like a west wind across the world I move,<br>Sweeping my harp of floods mine own wild way."</p><p>British writer and poet Alice Meynell was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1847.</p><p>She was considered for the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom twice, first in 1892 on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and later in 1913 on the death of Alfred Austin, but was never appointed to the position.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/546" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/546"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/546</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Alice Meynell in 1912

Published by Herder, MO, USA - https://archive.org/details/poetschantry00bregiala

In the portrait, Meynell is depicted as an elegant woman in her early fifties, with a composed and introspective expression. Her features are soft yet defined, capturing her intellectual depth and delicate beauty. She has an oval-shaped face, with high cheekbones and expressive eyes that give her a thoughtful, almost meditative look.

Meynell’s hair is styled in the fashion of the time, pulled back neatly and coiled into a bun.

She is dressed in a high-collared blouse or dress, typical of early 20th-century women's fashion.

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<p>French writer Juliette Adam was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1836.</p><p>She gave an account of her childhood, rendered unhappy by the dissensions of her parents, in Le roman de mon enfance et de ma jeunesse. She published in 1858 her Idées antiproudhoniennes sur l'amour, la femme et le mariage, in defense of Daniel Stern (pen name of Marie d'Agoult) and George Sand.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette</span><span class="invisible">_Adam</span></a></p><p>Books by Juliette Adams at PG:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette</span><span class="invisible">_Adam</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photograph of Juliette Adam (1836–1936) French author and feminist.

Nadar — Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie

In this photograph, Adam is captured in a dignified, poised manner that reflects her strength and intellectual presence. Her attire and posture convey a sense of elegance and authority, which was typical of portraits of prominent women during this time period. Nadar, famous for his portraits of notable individuals, captured her with a soft focus and lighting that emphasizes her facial features, giving her an air of wisdom and intensity.

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<p>Fossil hunter, folklorist, evangelist, stonemason, newspaper editor, social justice campaigner, & geologist, Hugh Miller (1802–1856) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 10 Oct – deserves to be remembered in the company of Carlyle, Ruskin, Matthew Arnold & JS Mill as one of the leading moral & social thinkers of the 19th century</p><p>A 🎂🧵</p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#geology</a> <a href="/tags/fossil/" rel="tag">#fossil</a> <a href="/tags/hughmiller/" rel="tag">#HughMiller</a></p>

A faded 19th-century sepia photograph of Hugh Miller. He is standing, dressed in workman's overalls, his shirt-sleeves rolled up. He has bushy hair and large sideburns, and his left elbow is propped up on a carved gravestone. His right hand rests on a large stonemason's maul, and he holds a chisel in his left hand.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1802.</p><p>The Edinburgh Review, a reforming quarterly, is first published.</p><p>Among the most notable of the foreign publications it observed was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality, which Adam Smith reviewed in the journal's second and final issue, published in March 1756.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburg</span><span class="invisible">h_Review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

The Edinburgh review

Related Names
Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845.
Language(s)
English
Published
Edinburgh : A. and C. Black, 1803-1929
Note
Sydney Smith, though not formally an editor, superintended the first three numbers. Cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 53, p. 120
Imprint varies
Title from caption
Also issued online
Bancroft AQ E4: From the Reinhard S. Speck Collection of Harriet Martineau

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000530182

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1869.</p><p>Model, poet and artist Elizabeth Siddal (d. 1862) is exhumed at Highgate Cemetery in London in order to recover the manuscript of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Poems buried with her.</p><p>Rossetti then published the contents in Poems (1870). These became part of Rossetti's sonnet sequence entitled The House of Life. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal#After_Siddal's_death" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal#After_Siddal's_death"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabet</span><span class="invisible">h_Siddal#After_Siddal's_death</span></a></p><p>The House of Life at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3692" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3692</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal 1854

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Marsh, Jan (1996). The Pre-Raphaelites: Their Lives in Letters and Diaries. London: Collins & Brown

In the portrait, Siddal is shown with her characteristic long, flowing red hair, which became a hallmark of Rossetti's paintings. Her features are soft but marked by a melancholy or introspective expression, reflecting the delicate and enigmatic quality she embodied in much of Rossetti’s work. The artist’s use of line and color accentuates her pale complexion and ethereal beauty, while her elongated neck and serene posture give her an almost otherworldly grace.

Rossetti’s portrayal of Siddal in this piece emphasizes her as an idealized figure of beauty and fragility, embodying the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of the "tragic muse." Siddal was often depicted by Rossetti in this way, reflecting both her personal struggles with illness and her symbolic role in his artistic vision.

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<p>American illustrator, author and naturalist William Hamilton Gibson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1850.</p><p>Gibson illustrated S. A. Drake's In the Heart of the White Mountains, and E. P. Roe's Nature's Serial Story; and his own books, The Complete American Trapper; Pastoral Days; Highways and Byways; Happy Hunting Grounds; Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine; Sharp Eyes; and My Studio Neighbours.</p><p>Books illustrated or by W. Hamilton Gibson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=W.+Hamilton+Gibson&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=W.+Hamilton+Gibson&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=W.+Hamilton+Gibson&submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/illustrations/" rel="tag">#illustrations</a></p>

Harvested from the Book "William Hamilton Gibson; artist--naturalist--author" (1901) by John Coleman Adams. This is the frontispiece from the book. The book is in the public domain and scans can be found at https://archive.org/details/williamhamiltong00adam

CONWAY MEADOWS. By W. HAMILTON GIBSON

Engraved by W. H. Morse

In: The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery by Samuel Adams Drake

Available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42447

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<p>German astronomer, mathematician, and cartographer Wilhelm Schickard died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1635.</p><p>He is often credited with creating one of the first mechanical calculators, sometimes referred to as the Schickard Calculator or Schickard's Calculating Clock. The machine was lost in a fire during the Thirty Years' War, but descriptions of it survived through correspondence with Kepler.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schickard" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schickard"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_</span><span class="invisible">Schickard</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

Wilhelmus Schickart (painted 1632) Wilhelm Schickard is holding a hand planetarium (or orrery) of his own invention. It was painted in 1632, 8 years after his last calculating clock drawing. Conrad Melperger - eingescannt aus: Roman Janssen; Oliver Auge (Hg.): Herrenberger Persönlichkeiten aus acht Jahrhunderten, Herrenberg 1999, ISBN 3-926809-09-4, S. 190. Portrait of Wilhelm Schickard at Tübingen University

Original drawing taken from F. Seck (Editor) 'Wilhelm Schickard 1592–1635, Astronom, Geograph, Orientalist, Erfinder der Rechenmaschine', Tübingen, 1978 Wilhelm Schickard - Friedrich Seck (Hrsg.): Wilhelm Schickard 1592–1635. Astronom, Geograph, Orientalist, Erfinder der Rechenmaschine, Tübingen 1978. (Transferred from de.wikipedia to Commons. The original uploader was Wernerroth at German Wikipedia.)

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<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 11 Oct 1922, Alaska P Davidson becomes the first woman to be an FBI Special Agent. She was employed to focus on the trafficking of women across state lines.</p><p>J Edgar Hoover requests her resignation, along with her colleagues Jessie Duckstein and Lenore Houston, in 1924. The FBI does not appoint another woman as a Special Agent until 1972.</p><p><a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a><br>1/2</p>

photo of Alaska P Davidson. She is a white woman with dark hair in a bun.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OtD</a> 4 Oct 1816 Eugène Pottier, French transport worker, Paris Communard, follower of anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and poet who wrote the poem and lyrics to the revolutionary anthem L'Internationale, was born in Paris <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12606/eug%C3%A8ne-pottier-born?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12606/eug%C3%A8ne-pottier-born?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/12606/eug%C3%A8ne-pottier-born?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p>

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<p>French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist Albert Robida died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1926.</p><p>He was an early pioneer of science fiction and founding father of science fiction art. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s, he wrote an acclaimed trilogy of futuristic novels. In the 1900s he created 520 illustrations for Pierre Giffard's weekly serial La Guerre Infernale.</p><p>Albert Robida at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1043" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1043"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1043</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a></p>

Notre-Dame de Paris. Illustration by Albert Robida published in Le Rire, no. 382, “À l'occasion du centenaire de Victor Hugo”, March 1, 1902.

Albert Rodida - La Vie Electrique

Map flanked by vignettes of major cities. Includes notes. Published as a supplement of La Caricature. Map of Europe with cartoon-like allegorical and human figures representing individual countries.

Albert Robida — https://id.lib.harvard.edu/curiosity/scanned-maps/44-990142735370203941

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1893.</p><p>Finley Peter Dunne introduces the fictional character Mr. Dooley in the Chicago Evening Post.</p><p>Dunne's essays contain the bartender's commentary on various topics (often national or international affairs). They became extremely popular during the 1898 Spanish–American War and remained so afterwards; they are collected in several books. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Dooley" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Dooley"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Dool</span><span class="invisible">ey</span></a></p><p>Books by Finley Peter Dunne at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1559"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1559</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Drawing of the fictional bartender Mr. Dooley and his customer Hennessy.

E. W. Kemble (1861–1933) - Mr. Dooley's Philosophy, frontispiece https://books.google.pt/books?id=yqhaAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA241&dq=mr+dooley+hennessy&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Dooley (right) and Hennessy, by E. W. Kemble (1900)

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<p>"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it."</p><p>Danish physicist Niels Bohr was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1885.</p><p>Bohr made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.</p><p>The Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen was inaugurated March 3, 1921, by Bohr.</p><p>Niels Bohr at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Niels+Bohr&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Niels+Bohr&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Niels+Bohr&submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

Niels Bohr, physicist.

The American Institute of Physics credits the photo to AB Lagrelius & Westphal, which is the Swedish company used by the Nobel Foundation for most photos of its book series Les Prix Nobel. - Niels Bohr's Nobel Prize biography, from 1922

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<p>English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist Isabella Bird died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1904.</p><p>Despite health problems in her youth, Bird became an avid traveler later in life. She authored several books about her travels: "The Hawaiian Archipelago," "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan," and "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains." Bird was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1892.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella</span><span class="invisible">_Bird</span></a></p><p>Isabella Bird at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/393" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/393"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/393</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of Isabella Lucy Bishop.

The image shows a black and white engraved portrait of a woman. She is wearing a high, dark-colored hat or headdress that appears to be textured or patterned. The woman's face is depicted in detail, showing sharp, attentive eyes gazing directly at the viewer. Her expression is serious and composed.

She is wearing a high-collared garment, possibly a coat or cloak, with what looks like a bow or scarf at the neck. The style of dress and portrait technique suggest this is likely from the 19th century.

The engraving style uses fine lines and cross-hatching to create shading and texture, giving the portrait a sense of depth and detail despite being a monochrome image.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1892.</p><p>Ida B. Wells began publishing her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation, in 2020.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14975" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14975</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Ida B. Wells (author), Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases, book cover, 1892. Unknown author - http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14975/14975-h/14975-h.htm

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<p>"I have now attained the true art of letter-writing, which we are always told, is to express on paper exactly what one would say to the same person by word of mouth."<br>Letters of Jane Austen</p><p>Happy birthday Jane Austen, born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> 250 years ago!!</p><p>At PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/68</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Back-view watercolour of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra Austen, 1804.

A 1804 watercolor by Cassandra Austen depicting her sister Jane Austen from behind, seated outdoors beneath flowering trees. Jane wears an elegant white empire-waist dress with a blue ribbon sash and bonnet, gazing toward a pastoral landscape in this tender, intimate family portrait.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen#/media/File:JaneAustenCassandraWatercolour.jpg

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<p>American author Elizabeth Prentiss was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1818.</p><p>She is well known for her hymn "More Love to Thee, O Christ" and the didactic story Stepping Heavenward (1869).</p><p>Books by Elizabeth Prentiss at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/948" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/948"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/948</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Drawing of Elizabeth Prentiss from the frontispiece of The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Provided by the Wheaton College Archives - From the frontispiece of The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss, compiled by her husband George Lewis Prentiss (New York: Randolph & Co., 1882)

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<p>**‘[i’m] more than ever convinced of the necessity for social revolution.'**<br><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>: anti-fash author & all round superb goth babe, ethel mannin, was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#otd</a> in 1900. if you fancy a fuller argument about why she's worth your time, see thread below.<br><a href="/tags/ethelmannin/" rel="tag">#ethelMannin</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/socialist/" rel="tag">#socialist</a> <a href="/tags/antifascist/" rel="tag">#antifascist</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/shrewsburyfc/" rel="tag">#shrewsburyFC</a></p>

digital ink illustration of antifascist, socialist writer, ethel mannin.
ethel's looking quite bauhaus here, her hair parted straight down the centre & combed smoothly over her ears & gathered behind her head. she rests her chin in her hand. the background is an abstract deco graphich of semi-circles, jutting angles & lines.
colours are pale peach, black & crimson.

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