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2 days ago · Signature. George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man ...
- British (1856–1950), Irish (dual citizenship, 1934–1950)
- Shaw's Corner, Ayot St Lawrence
- 26 July 1856, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland
2 days ago · John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.
- Joan London, Bessie London
16 hours ago · But I ripped through all the Lynne Reid Banks novels I could find and followed An End to Running with The L-Shaped Room, about an unmarried and pregnant woman living in a London boarding house alongside a Jewish writer and a Black musician, with a pair of prostitutes in the basement. A minor scandal when it was published in 1960, it feels dated ...
2 days ago · Joan, Lady of Wales' grave in Beaumaris on the Isle of Angelsey off the north coast Wales. Joan, Lady of Wales was the only known illegitimate daughter of England's tyrannical King John, best remembered for his war with the English barons and his resistance to the 1215 Magna Carta. John was married twice, and he had five legitimate children.
3 days ago · John Milton (born December 9, 1608, London, England—died November 8?, 1674, London?) was an English poet, pamphleteer, and historian, considered the most significant English author after William Shakespeare.
- Albert C. Labriola
- Why is John Milton famous?John Milton (1608–74) is considered the most significant English writer after William Shakespeare. His epic Paradise Lost, classical tragedy Samson...
- Where was John Milton educated?When he was 11, John Milton entered St. Paul’s School, London, where he excelled in Greek, Latin, and Italian. He composed Latin verse and translat...
- How did John Milton influence others?When John Milton’s Paradise Lost appeared in 1667, only people close to him commended it. By the early 1700s, however, John Dryden had written an o...
4 days ago · Signature. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British business magnate. [1] In the 1970s, he co-founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [2] [3] [4] Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was ...
2 days ago · Acclaimed writer John Logan will adapt Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” novel into a feature film for director John Hillcoat. Hillcoat is also producing along with Keith Redmon for New Regency. Cormac McCarthy’s son, John Francis McCarthy, will serve as executive producer, while Cormac, who died in June 2023, will receive a posthumous …
