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Avid admirer of authors everywhere. Ontario Canada Joined November 2008

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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

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

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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

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