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<p>"O Day! he cannot die<br>When thou so fair art shining!<br>O Sun, in such a glorious sky,<br>So tranquilly declining;..."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1844.</p><p>Emily Brontë writes the poem "A Death-Scene". It was published in 1846 in a book collecting poetry by Brontë and her siblings.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Death-Scene" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Death-Scene"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Death-</span><span class="invisible">Scene</span></a></p><p>Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1019" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1019</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>

Portrait of Emily Jane Brontë by Patrick Branwell Brontë.

Emily is dressed in plain, dark Victorian attire, with a high-collared dress that suggests her preference for simplicity over adornment. The muted color palette of the portrait adds to the somber yet striking impression she gives. Over time, this painting has become iconic, capturing the aura of mystery that surrounds Emily Brontë’s life and work. Branwell’s artistic style, while somewhat unpolished, imbues the portrait with an emotional depth that reflects his intimate knowledge of his sister’s character.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1851.</p><p>The French coup d'état of 1851 prompts Victor Hugo to be a leader of an unsuccessful insurrection against it. He is forced into exile, initially to Brussels, then Jersey, from which he was expelled for supporting L’Homme. He finally settled with his family at Hauteville House in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, where he would live in exile from October 1855 until 1870.</p><p>Books by Victor Hugo at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/85" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/85"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/85</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Charles Hugo - Victor Hugo on the Rock of the Exiles.

The photograph titled Victor Hugo on the Rock of the Exiles, taken by Charles Hugo, is a striking visual representation of the legendary French writer during his period of exile on the Channel Islands. The image captures Victor Hugo standing or seated on a rugged rock formation, overlooking the sea, symbolizing his defiance and resilience during his years away from France.

Hugo is typically depicted wearing dark, heavy clothing suitable for the windy, coastal environment. His demeanor is contemplative, with his gaze fixed on the horizon, evoking a sense of introspection and strength. The wild, untamed landscape around him complements the romantic and rebellious spirit of Hugo’s personality and his works.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1928.</p><p>Radclyffe Hall's novel The Well of Loneliness, published by Jonathan Cape in London, is tried and convicted on the grounds of obscenity under the Hicklin test, after a campaign against it by James Douglas in the Sunday Express. </p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/73042" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/73042</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1920.</p><p> D. H. Lawrence's novel Women in Love appears in a limited U.S. subscribers' edition. This first was available only to subscribers, due to the controversy caused by Lawrence's previous work, The Rainbow (1915).</p><p>Women in Love at PG<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/4240" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/4240</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Book cover for the first edition of Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence

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<p>American admiral and computer scientist, (designed COBOL) Grace Hopper was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1906.</p><p>She created the first compiler, the A-0 System, in 1952. She was also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. Hopper popularized the term "debugging" in computing after discovering an actual moth causing a malfunction in the Mark II computer. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Ho</span><span class="invisible">pper</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/computerscience/" rel="tag">#computerscience</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#womeninStem</a></p>

Commodore Grace M. Hopper, USN (covered).

James S. Davis - This image was released by the United States Navy with the ID DN-SC-84-05971 (next).

In the image, she is typically seen wearing her formal cover (hat) as part of her Navy attire. Her uniform signifies her rank and achievements within the U.S. Navy.

This photo captures Hopper during her later career, highlighting her as a trailblazer both in the military and in computer science. Her demeanor in such photos often radiates professionalism, intelligence, and a sense of authority, aligned with her significant contributions to both fields.

The photo's mention of a Navy ID (DN-SC-84-05971) confirms its origin from official Navy archives, further cementing its historical significance.

Log book showing the "bug" found caught in a Mark II relay

Courtesy of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA., 1988. - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library

The logbook entry showing the "bug" found in a Mark II relay is a historically significant document that records one of the earliest uses of the term "debugging" in computing. This artifact is a handwritten log from Grace Hopper's team, dated September 9, 1947, and includes a physical moth taped to the page. The moth was discovered in one of the electromechanical relays of the Harvard Mark II computer, causing a malfunction.

The entry humorously notes the discovery as the "first actual case of bug being found," combining technical documentation with Hopper's wit. This event became a legendary anecdote in the history of computing and popularized the term "debugging," which has since become standard terminology in software development.

The logbook, preserved courtesy of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, is an enduring symbol of the origins of modern computer science and the challenges faced by pioneers like Hopper and her team.

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<p>Mária Telkes died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1980. She was a Hungarian-American biophysicist, engineer, & inventor who worked on solar energy technologies.</p><p>During World War II, she developed a solar water distillation device, deployed at the end of the war, which saved the lives of downed airmen and torpedoed sailors. In the 1940s she and architect Eleanor Raymond created one of the first solar-heated houses, Dover Sun House, by storing energy each day.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1ria_Telkes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1ria_Telkes"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1r</span><span class="invisible">ia_Telkes</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#WomenInSTEM</a></p>

Dr. Maria Telkes half-length portrait, facing front

New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c13268

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1901.</p><p>The first Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded, to French poet Sully Prudhomme.</p><p>He devoted the bulk of the money he received to the creation of a poetry prize awarded by the Société des gens de lettres. He also founded, in 1902, the Société des poètes français with Jose-Maria de Heredia and Leon Dierx.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully_Prudhomme" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully_Prudhomme"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully_Pr</span><span class="invisible">udhomme</span></a></p><p>Books by Sully Prudhomme at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7695" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7695"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7695</span></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>

Sully-Prudhomme, René François Armand Prudhomme, known as (1839 - 1907), french writer.

In such portraits, he wears a suit with a high-collared shirt and tie, consistent with the fashion of the late 1800s. His facial features, including a prominent mustache and neatly groomed hair, contribute to the dignified and intellectual aura often associated with prominent writers of his time.

Autograph manuscript of “Science et poésie” published in the Nouvelle Revue internationale in 1898, then in Épaves in 1908.

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<p>Alfred North Whitehead, who died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1947, was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_N</span><span class="invisible">orth_Whitehead</span></a></p><p>Alfred North Whitehead at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8283" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8283"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/8283</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

Alfred North Whitehead portrait.

Portraits of Alfred North Whitehead, the eminent mathematician and philosopher, often depict him as a distinguished and contemplative figure, reflecting his intellectual contributions to fields like logic, mathematics, and metaphysics.

A characteristic portrait of Whitehead would show him with a serious yet approachable expression, a high forehead emphasizing his scholarly demeanor, and neatly combed white hair, signifying his advanced years during his most influential period. The pose and setting often evoke an academic atmosphere, with books, a desk, or a study as part of the background, symbolizing his lifelong dedication to learning and teaching.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1899.</p><p>Robert Browning's book Asolando; Fancies and facts is published on the same day he dies at Ca' Rezzonico in Venice. He is buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.</p><p>His magnum opus, The Ring and the Book (1868–1869), is a 12-volume epic poem based on a real-life Italian murder trial. He is particularly celebrated for his dramatic monologues, which reveal the inner workings of his characters' minds.</p><p>Asolando<br><a href="https://archive.org/details/asolandofanciesf00browiala" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/asolandofanciesf00browiala"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/asolandofa</span><span class="invisible">nciesf00browiala</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/146" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/146"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/146</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Portrait by Herbert Rose Barraud, c. 1888.

A portrait of Robert Browning, the renowned Victorian poet, depicts him as a dignified and thoughtful figure, reflective of his literary prowess. Browning’s distinctive features include a broad forehead, expressive eyes, and a well-groomed beard, which frames his face with an air of intellectual sophistication.

Browning’s expression is typically captured as introspective or gently engaging, embodying the dual qualities of a deep thinker and an accessible conversationalist.

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<p>American educator and zoologist Cornelia Clapp died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1934.</p><p>Clapp was a pioneering zoology researcher and leading ichthyology scholar. Her work on the toadfish was instrumental in correcting the idea that its egg was attached by a "sucker" to the yolk stalk, as she discovered that it was instead adhered with a disc of "transparent secretion" that could be separated from the membrane.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Clapp" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Clapp"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia</span><span class="invisible">_Clapp</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/zoology/" rel="tag">#zoology</a> <a href="/tags/marinebiology/" rel="tag">#marinebiology</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#womeninStem</a></p>

A photograph of Cornelia Clapp (right) with students working in a zoology laboratory in Williston Hall at Mount Holyoke College in 1890.

The photograph of Cornelia Clapp and her students in the zoology laboratory at Williston Hall, Mount Holyoke College, in 1890, captures a moment of academic focus and collaboration. She wears a long, dark dress with a high neckline and her hair is styled neatly, reflecting the academic professionalism of the period.

The laboratory setting features wooden tables cluttered with scientific instruments, glass jars, and preserved specimens, creating an atmosphere of scientific inquiry. Students, mostly young women dressed in modest Victorian attire, are engaged in various activities—examining specimens, writing notes, or using microscopes.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1854.</p><p>Wilkie Collins's "The Lawyer's Story of a Stolen Letter", published as "The Fourth Poor Traveller" in The Seven Poor Travellers – the Household Words special Christmas number – is the first non-police detective fiction published in Britain.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkie_Collins" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkie_Collins"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkie_C</span><span class="invisible">ollins</span></a></p><p>The Lawyer's Story of a Stolen Letter at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1626" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1626</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The Seven Poor Travellers by Wilkie Collins.

Being the Extra Christmas Number of Household Words, Christmas 1854, p. 1.

https://archive.org/details/householdwords10dick/page/1/mode/1up?q=seven+poor

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1847.</p><p>Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey are published in a three-volume set under the pen names of Ellis and Acton Bell respectively, in London by T. C. Newby. Wuthering Heights will be Emily's only published novel, as she dies a year later, aged 30.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wutherin</span><span class="invisible">g_Heights</span></a></p><p>Wuthering Heights at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/768" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/768</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Grey" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Grey"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Gr</span><span class="invisible">ey</span></a></p><p>Agnes Grey at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/767" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/767</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page for the first volume of the first edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher. Lowell 1238.5 (A), Houghton Library, Harvard University

First edition title page of Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte. Volumes 1 and 2 of this edition are Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.

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<p>"Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are part of nature and therefore part of the mystery that we are trying to solve."<br>Where is Science Going? The Universe in the light of modern physics. </p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1900.</p><p>Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law (quantum theory) at the Physic Society in Berlin.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_law" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_law"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%2</span><span class="invisible">7s_law</span></a></p><p>Max Planck at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35343" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35343"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/35343</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bboks/" rel="tag">#bboks</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

Black body spectral radiance curves for various temperatures after Planck, and comparison with the classical theory of Rayleigh-Jeans (in cgs units).

Planck's law accurately describes black-body radiation. Shown here are a family of curves for different temperatures. The classical (black) curve diverges from observed intensity at high frequencies (short wavelengths).

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<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 2 Apr 1917, Jeanette Rankin is sworn in, becoming the first woman to sit in the US Congress. </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></p>

Jeanette Rankin standing in front of the dome of the US Capitol on a windy day. She is a white woman with dark hair.

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<p>"Man is not truly one, but truly two."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> (and January 9) in 1886.</p><p>Robert Louis Stevenson's horror novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde appears in New York and London. Almost 40,000 copies are sold in the first six months. By 1901, it was estimated to have sold over 250,000 copies in the United States.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_</span><span class="invisible">Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde</span></a></p><p>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/43" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/43</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page of the first London edition (1886) of
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

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<p>"Ah! the death of the poor, the empty entrails, howling hunger, the animal appetite that leads one with chattering teeth to fill one’s stomach with beastly refuse in this great Paris, so bright and golden! "<br>Chapter XII</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1877.</p><p>Émile Zola's L'Assommoir, 7th in his novel sequence Les Rougon-Macquart, is first published in book format a few weeks after its serialisation ends in Le Bien public (Paris). </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assommoir" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assommoir"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Asso</span><span class="invisible">mmoir</span></a></p><p>L´Assommoir at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=L%27Assommoir&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=L%27Assommoir&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q</span><span class="invisible">uery=L%27Assommoir&submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of 1877 Charpentier edition of L'Assommoir.

The cover of the 1877 Charpentier edition of L'Assommoir by Émile Zola is relatively simple and characteristic of 19th-century French book design.

It typically features a plain or minimalistic layout with the title (L'Assommoir) and author's name (Émile Zola) displayed prominently in an elegant, classic serif typeface.

The publisher, G. Charpentier, is credited, often at the bottom of the cover. The design is likely devoid of elaborate illustrations, aligning with the literary and serious nature of Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series.

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<p>“A man ready, willing and able to walk bravely into familiar genre territory and then ingeniously rearrange everything that makes it familiar, Scotsman Alan Sharp proved himself an astute chronicler of America’s dark heart, and captured it with a stunningly honed outsider’s eye.”</p><p>—FilmInk celebrates author & screenwriter Alan Sharp (1934–2013) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 12 Jan</p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-auteurs-alan-sharp/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.filmink.com.au/unsung-auteurs-alan-sharp/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aute</span><span class="invisible">urs-alan-sharp/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#cinema</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/alansharp/" rel="tag">#AlanSharp</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1835.</p><p>Abolitionist Susan Paul officiates at a meeting of the New England Anti-Slavery Society (NEASS) in Boston. Later in the year, her Memoir of James Jackson becomes the earliest-known published narrative by an African-American woman and the first account documenting the life of a free black child in the United States.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Paul" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Paul"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Pa</span><span class="invisible">ul</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Memoir of James Jackson by Susan Paul, 1835, cover

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1911.</p><p>The U.K. Copyright Act consolidates copyright law in the British Empire and confirms the six libraries to which a copy of every book published in the U.K. must be deposited by the publisher: the British Museum Library (London); the Bodleian Library (Oxford); the Advocates Library (Edinburgh); the National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth); Trinity College Dublin; and Cambridge University Library.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_1911" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_1911"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyrigh</span><span class="invisible">t_Act_1911</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a></p>

Cover page of the British Copyright Act 1911, also known as the Imperial Copyright Act of 1911. "Part I Imperial Copyright. Rights. 1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist throughout the parts of His Majesty’s dominions to which this Act extends for the term hereinafter mentioned in every original literary dramatic music and artists work, if..."

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<p>" I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking."<br>Have His Carcase</p><p>English author, poet, and playwright Dorothy L. Sayers died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1957. Sayers is most famous for her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, an aristocratic amateur sleuth. She wrote several plays, including The Zeal of Thy House and The Man Born to Be King. Sayers also translated major works, notably Dante’s Divine Comedy. </p><p>Dorothy L. Sayers at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45867" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45867"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/45867</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Dorothy L. Sayers – English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957)

uncredited; published by Boni and Liveright in connexion with her 1925 release Whose Body - Publicity photo from her American publishers; copy at the National Portrait Gallery.

The focus is on Sayers' upper torso and face, with a neutral or slightly blurred background that ensures the viewer’s attention is drawn entirely to her.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1824.</p><p>The first issue of a radical quarterly founded by Jeremy Bentham, The Westminster Review, is published in London.</p><p>It was published from 1824 to 1914. James Mill was one of the driving forces behind the liberal journal until 1828. Some notable contributors: George Eliot, Harriet Martineau, John Stuart Mill, Mary Shelley, Herbert Spencer, John Tyndall, Caroline Cornwallis, Julia Wedgwood, Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Westminster_Review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Westminster_Review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West</span><span class="invisible">minster_Review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Frontispiece of The Westminster review v.1 1824.

Full copies are available at Hathi Trust Digital Library:
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008893449

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<p>"Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it."<br>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)</p><p>Dame Agatha Christie died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> 50 years ago.</p><p>She wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections. She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_C</span><span class="invisible">hristie</span></a></p><p>Agatha Christie at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/451</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Agatha Christie as a young woman

Unknown author - The Christie Archive Trust

The image captures Christie leaning out of a window with decorative latticed or diamond-patterned glass panes. She is photographed from roughly chest level up, positioned in the window frame.

Christie appears youthful creating volume on top of her head. She wears a distinctive outfit featuring a striped blouse with bold vertical stripes, paired with what appears to be a polka-dotted. A decorative handkerchief or lace detail is visible near her collar area.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Agatha_Christie#/media/File:Agatha_Christie_as_a_young_woman.jpg

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1818.</p><p>Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus first appears anonymously in London. </p><p>Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankens</span><span class="invisible">tein</span></a></p><p>1818 edition at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/41445" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/41445</a><br>1831 edition<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/42324" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/42324</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page of first edition of Frankenstein, Volume I.

Author Mary Shelley; publisher Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones

It includes the following details:

Title: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Volume Information: "In Three Volumes."
Quotation: A quote from Paradise Lost by John Milton:
Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?

Volume Number: "VOL. I."
Publication Details:
Published in London.
Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, located at Finsbury Square.
Year of Publication: 1818.

Victor Frankenstein becoming disgusted at his creation. Illustration from the frontispiece of the 1831 edition. Steel engraving (993 x 71mm) to the revised edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, published by Colburn and Bentley, London 1831. The novel was first published in 1818.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1873.</p><p>Louisa May Alcott's family satire "Transcendental Wild Oats" is published in the newspaper The Independent.</p><p>The work was first published in a New York newspaper in 1873, and reprinted in 1874, 1876, and 1915 and after. Alcott's view of male arrogance and female exploitation in this piece is paralleled in her novel Work, published in the same year as Transcendental Wild Oats.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Wild_Oats" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Wild_Oats"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcen</span><span class="invisible">dental_Wild_Oats</span></a></p><p>Transcendental Wild Oats at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34920" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34920</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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<p>J. J. Thomson, who was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1856, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 for his discovery of the electron, the first subatomic particle to be found.</p><p>Thomson was also a teacher, and seven of his students went on to win Nobel Prizes: Ernest Rutherford, Lawrence Bragg, Charles Barkla, Francis Aston, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Owen Richardson and Edward Victor Appleton.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Thomson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Thomson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Th</span><span class="invisible">omson</span></a></p><p>Books by J.J. Thomson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/38322" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/38322"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/38322</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

J.J. Thomson, Nobel Prize photograph (1906).

Nobel foundation - http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1906/thomson-bio.html

Joseph John Thomson (1856–1940), often referred to as J.J. Thomson, is shown in a candid pose, engrossed in writing or drawing, likely related to his scientific work.

He is depicted as a middle-aged man with receding hair, a neatly groomed mustache, and a composed, intellectual demeanor.

Thomson is wearing formal attire typical of the early 20th century:
A dark tweed suit jacket with a subtle texture.

A high-collared white shirt and a decorative tie or cravat.

A pocket square neatly tucked into his breast pocket, adding to the formal appearance.

He is wearing round spectacles, which were characteristic of the period and contributed to his scholarly appearance.

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