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Overview of the events of 1703 in literature
Overview of the events of 1703 in literature
Events from the year 1703 in literature.
Events
New books
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Births
Deaths
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January 11 –
Johann Georg Graevius, German critic (born
1632)
[10]
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February 17 –
Philippe Goibaud-Dubois, French translator (born
1626)
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March 3 –
Robert Hooke, English natural philosopher (born
1635)
[11]
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March 5 –
Gabrielle Suchon, French moral philosopher (born
1631)
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April 20 –
Lancelot Addison, English writer and cleric (born
1632)
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May 8 –
Vincent Alsop, English religious writer and wit (born c. 1630)
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May 16 –
Charles Perrault, French writer of fairy tales (born
1628)
[12]
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May 26 –
Samuel Pepys, English diarist (born
1633)
[13]
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August 21 –
Thomas Tryon, English self-help author (born
1634)
[14]
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September 29 –
Charles de Saint-Évremond, French essayist and literary critic (born
1631)
- unknown date –
Samuel Johnson, English pamphleteer (born
1649)
References
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^ Thomas Wright (1894).
The Life of Daniel Defoe. Cassell. p. 77.
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^
From 1703 to 1712. 1809. p. 1.
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^ Brian McCrea (1990).
Addison and Steele are Dead: The English Department, Its Canon, and the Professionalization of Literary Criticism. Associated University Presse. p. 38.
ISBN
978-0-87413-366-0.
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^ John Wesley (1833).
Life of the Rev. John Wesley. R. T. S. p. 125.
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^ Gregory A. Schirmer (1998).
Out of what Began: A History of Irish Poetry in English. Cornell University Press. p. 63.
ISBN
0-8014-3498-X.
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^ Samuel Maunder (1868).
The Biographical Treasury a Dictionary of Universal Biography... Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer. p. 204.
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^ Sherbo, Arthur. "Cooke, Thomas".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 13 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 166–168.
doi:
10.1093/ref:odnb/6180. (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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^ Ernest Alfred Gray (1952).
Portrait of a Surgeon: A Biography of John Hunter. Hale. p. 29.
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^
"West, Gilbert" .
Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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^ William Nicolson (1985).
The London Diaries of William Nicolson, Bishop of Carlisle 1702-1718. OUP Oxford. p. 198.
ISBN
978-0-19-822404-4.
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^ Richard Nichols (1999).
Robert Hooke and the Royal Society. Book Guild. p. 50.
ISBN
978-1-85776-465-9.
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^ Charles Perrault; Neil Philip (1993).
The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 125.
ISBN
0-395-57002-6.
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^
"Samuel Pepys | English diarist and naval administrator". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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^ William Hone (1832).
The Year Book of Daily Recreation & Information: Concerning Remarkable Men & Manners. William Tegg and Company, 85, Queen Street, Cheapside. p. 979.