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February 7th in Literary History

1478

Sir Thomas More is born

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1601

Shakespeare's Richard II is presented at the Globe.

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1812

Charles Dickens is born

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1873

Sheridan Le Fanu dies

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1885

Sinclair Lewis is born

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1995

James Merrill dies

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1998

Lawrence Sanders dies

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2001

Anne Morrow Lindbergh dies

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