March 2, 1925
Nancy Huddleston Packer, American educator, writer. Recipient O’Henry prize Doubleday & Company, 1968, 81, Outstanding Alumna award Birmingham Southern College, 1980, award for fiction National Endowment for Arts, 1980. Lecturer Birmingham Southern …
1965
Bae Suah is a South Korean author. Originally a government employee at Gimpo Airport in Incheon, Bae wrote stories as a hobby. At the time of her debut in 1993, Bae was a government employee working behind the embarkation/disembarkation desk at …
September 17, 1950
Dr. Avshalom Kor is an Israeli linguist and expert on Hebrew grammar and semantics. He is known to provide upon request, the grammatical root of any given Hebrew word and/or name along with its Biblical origins and contextual references. He is …
April 7, 1772 — January 10, 1837 (aged 64)
Charles Fourier was a French socialist writer. Being deprived of his means of livelihood Fourier entered the army, but after two years’ service as a chasseur was discharged on account of ill- health. In 1803 he published a remarkable article on …
August 7, 1932
John David Maguire, American Academic administrator, educator, writer. Director International Student Center, New Haven, 1956-1958. Member faculty Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1960-1970, associate provost, 1967-1968. Visiting …
July 12, 1874 — December 15, 1927 (aged 53)
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was a German artist. She represented the dada movement and avant-garde in such fields as poetry, painting, sculpture, performance and assemblage. The artist was also known for her excentric and somehow scandalous behavior …