Literary Facts - December 4
1679: Thomas Hobbes dies. (Explore: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan: Or, The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil)
1732: John Gay dies. (Explore: The Beggar's Opera, John Gay, The Shepherd's Week)
1795: Thomas Carlyle is born. (Explore: Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, Past and Present)
1875: Rainer Maria Rilke is born. (Explore: Rainer Maria Rilke, The Angels, Buddha in Glory)
1975: Hannah Arendt dies. (Explore: Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Between Friends)
1989: May Swenson dies. (Explore: Southbound on the Freeway, May Swenson, A Navajo Blanket)