John Kearns (1784-1864) - Irish-born Canadian politician Peter Bedford (1780-1864) William Buchanan (1777-1864) - British art historian and dealer (1777-1864) January 13th: Stephen Foster (1826-1864) - American songwriter (1826-1864) February 2nd: Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864) - English writer
March 4th: Thomas Starr King (1824-1864) - American minister (1824-1864) March 16th: R. S. Surtees (1803-1864) - English writer
March 16th: Robert Smith Surtees (1803-1864) - English writer (1805-1864) March 25th: Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) - American politician (1811-1864) May 1st: Francis Edward Smedley (1818-1864) - British writer May 2nd: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) - German-French composer May 19th: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) - master of the allegorical and symbolic tale. One of the greatest fiction writers in American literature. May 20th: John Clare (1793-1864) - of the Romantic school. May 21st: Dorothy Watson (1810-1864) - (1810-1864) June 22nd: Nancy Dean (1793-1864) - (died 1864) June 29th: Joseph Miller (1779-1864) - American lawyer and politician (1779-1864) July 6th: George Pope Morris (1802-1864) - American publisher (1802-1864) July 13th: Mary Fox (1798-1864) - British noblewoman and writer (1798–1864); housekeeper at Windsor Castle; illegitimate daughter of William IV and Dorothea Jordan July 19th: James Myers (1795-1864) - Toledo politician August 31st: Ferdinand Lassalle (1825-1864) - German jurist and socialist (1825–1864) September 17th: Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) - best remembered for Imaginary Conversations, prose dialogues between historical personages. October 1st: David Bellamy (1806-1864) - (1806-1864) October 7th: John Gregg (1828-1864) - American politician (1828–1864) October 12th: Roger B. Taney (1777-1864) - chief justice of the United States from 1836 to 1864 (1777–1864) October 14th: John Leech (1817-1864) - British caricaturist and illustrator (1817–1864) November 8th: Margaret Tennis - (died 1864) December 4th: John Fowler (1826-1864) - agricultural engineer (born 1826) December 8th: George Boole (1815-1864) - English mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864) December 15th: Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham (1815-1864) - US social reformer
December 23rd: Robert Shields (1827-1864) - recipient of the Victoria Cross (1827–1864)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.