This day 208 years ago: date of death of Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818).

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OTD (176 years ago): Frances Sargent Osgood (1811-1850) died this day.

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Today in Romantic-period poetry: death of Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) and Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821-1873).

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🗺️ The Elusive Delta of the Niger River

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On this date 146 years ago, Jones Very (1813-1880) died this day.

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Today in Romantic-period poetry: date of death of Ann Yearsley (1753-1806) and Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).

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On this day (181 years ago), date of death of Thomas Hood (1799-1845).

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In Romantic-period literary history: death of Antoni Malczewski (1793-1826) and Alfred de Musset (1810-1857).

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OTD (173 years ago): death of Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853).

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