Book_Addict

Avid admirer of authors everywhere.

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I have been a Twitter user since 2008. I have always tried to post accurate content. Now, Twitter is heading in a direction where lies and hatred promise to dominate. I can no longer support this platform. Farewell my followers. this will be Book_Addict’s final Tweet

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Happy birthday to Dutch writer/scholar Desiderius Erasmus (October 27,1466)[some say October 28]."The Praise of Folly" and other notable works.

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Happy birthday to British writer/poet/translator/editor Mary Sidney (October 27, 1561), author of “The Dolefull Lay of Clorinda” (1595) et al.

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Happy birthday to British writer Hester Chapone (October 27, 1727), author of “Letters on the Improvement of the Mind” (1790) et al.

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Happy birthday to Scottish writer James Macpherson (October 27, 1736)“Original Papers, containing the Secret History of Great Britain from the Restoration to the Accession of the House of Hanover... prefixed Extracts from the Life of James II, as written by himself” (1775) et al.

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Happy birthday to Scottish anatomist Matthew Baillie (October 27,1761), author of "The Morbid Anatomy of … Important Parts of the Human Body (1793).

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Happy birthday to Scottish-born geologist William Maclure (October 27,1763), author of "Observations on the Geology of the United States…”(1809).

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Happy birthday to German writer and artist Marie von Olfers (October 27, 1826), author of “Rosenwölkchen” (1909) et al.

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Happy birthday to Canadian-born statesman and U.S. General Jacob Dolson Cox (October 27,1828). Among his many works: “The Second Battle of Bull Run” (1882).

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Happy birthday to soldier/diplomat/newspaperman Christopher Columbus Andres (October 27,1829), author of “Brazil, Its Conditions and Prospects” (1887) .

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Happy birthday to Swedish writer/politician Nobel Peace Prize-winner Klas Arnoldson (October 27, 1844).

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Michale Field was a pseudonym used by Katherine Bradley and Edith Emma Cooper for the more than 40 collaborative works they produced.

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Happy birthday to British writer Michael Field (Katherine Bradley) (October 27,1846), co-author of the 1911 verse drama “The Accuser “ et al.

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Happy birthday to Russian botanist Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (October 27, 1855), author of ““Some Problems of Method” (1952)

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Happy birthday to 26th U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt (October 27,1858), author of “An Autobiography” (1913) et al.

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Happy birthday to writer Emily Post (October 27,1872), author of "Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home" (1922) et al.

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Happy birthday to Australian poet and musician Henry Tate (October 27,1873), author of “Australian Musical Possibilities” (1924).

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Happy birthday to screenwriter Jane Murfin ()October 27, 1884), author of the screenplay “The Love Master (1924)

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Happy birthday to British writer and playwright Enid Bagnold (October 27, 1889), author of the 1935 novel "National Velvet" et al.

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Happy birthday to Brazilian writer/journalist/politician Graciliano Ramos (October 27, 1892), author of the 1938 novel "Vidas Secas" et al.