Birthdays occurring on December, 24

1754

George Crabbe was born on December 24, 1754 English writer of poems and verse tales memorable for their realistic details of everyday life. 1754-1832 A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself. More quotations from George Crabbe

1822

Matthew Arnold was born on December 24, 1822 English Victorian poet and critic of Literacy and Society. 1822-1888 Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it More quotations from Matthew Arnold

1838

John Morley was born on December 24, 1838 English v1st Viscount of Blackburn, journalist, biographer and statesman, 1838-1923 You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. More quotations from John Morley

1881

Juan Ramon Jimenez was born on December 24, 1881 Spanish poet, 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1881-1958 If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. More quotations from Juan Ramon Jimenez

Deaths occurring on December, 24

1863

William Makepeace Thackeray died on December 24, 1863 Indian born English author and novelist of 'Vanity Fair', 1811-1863 When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise. More quotations from William Makepeace Thackeray

1982

Louis Aragon died on December 24, 1982 French poet, novelist and essayist who was a political activist and spokesman for communism, 1897-1982 Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd. More quotations from Louis Aragon

1993

Norman Vincent Peale died on December 24, 1993 American Protestant clergyman and writer, 1898-1993 We tend to get what we expect. More quotations from Norman Vincent Peale

1994

John Osborne died on December 24, 1994 British playwright and producer, 1929-1994 Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs More quotations from John Osborne