This day 309 years ago: Richard Owen Cambridge (1717-1802)’s birth date.
Poetry available in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00041.shtml
#C18th
On this day (322 years ago), Robert Dodsley (1704-1764)’s birth date.
Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00023.shtml
On this day (322 years ago), Robert Dodsley (1704-1764)’s birth date. Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00023.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
OTD: birth of William Whitehead (1715-1785) and William Mason (1725-1797).
Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/
OTD: birth of William Whitehead (1715-1785) and William Mason (1725-1797). Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
Happy to report the addition of the 1843 edition of _Elegia di Tommaso Gray_ to the #ThomasGrayArchive digital library. The volume contains 12 Italian, 5 Latin, 1 Hebrew, 6 French, and 4 German #Elegy translations:
Today in eighteenth-century poetry: Aaron Hill (1685-1750) and Benjamin Hoadly (1706-1757) born this day.
Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/
Today marks the 315th anniversary of the birth of Charles Sackville (1711-1769).
Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00248.shtml
OTD (281 years ago): Hannah More (1745-1833) born this day.
Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00274.shtml
OTD (281 years ago): Hannah More (1745-1833) born this day. Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00274.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
Inspired by the #BSECS2026 talk on the fabulous "Three Thousand Dishes on a Georgian Table, 1788-1813" data compiled by @historybeagle.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy and team, I pulled together this website:
threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk
It is such a fun dataset to explore!
@bsecs.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy #c18th #foodhistory
Three Thousand Dishes | Royal ...
Inspired by the #BSECS2026 talk on the fabulous "Three Thousand Dishes on a Georgian Table, 1788-1813" data compiled by @historybeagle and team, I pulled together this website:
https://threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk/
It is such a fun dataset to explore!
#BSECS #c18th #foodhistory
OTD: date of birth of Richard Bentley (1662-1742) and Samuel Foote (1721-1777).
Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/
OTD: date of birth of Richard Bentley (1662-1742) and Samuel Foote (1721-1777). Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
On this day (267 years ago), date of birth of Robert Burns (1759-1796).
Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00307.shtml
In eighteenth-century literary history: date of birth of William Congreve (1670-1729) and Frances Brooke (née Moore) (1724-1789).
Poetry available in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/
Delighted to announce the Winter 2025/26 update to the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive, with poems by Ann Radcliffe and William Lisle Bowles, and new facsimiles of works by William Cowper and Oliver Goldsmith.
🇺🇸 **An 18th Century Survey of the Roads of the United States of America**
#History #Histodons #Maps #Cartography #USA #UnitedStates #C18th
Off to Pembroke College, Oxford, for three days of #BSECS2026. Fabulous academic programme, friends and colleagues, wine and entertainment.
If you're working on a digital project or have ideas to share, I’d be thrilled to chat!
Excited to attend the @bsecs.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy 2026 annual conference this week! Always happy to hear about ongoing digital projects or ideas for new ones. Let’s connect—come say hi or DM me if you’re around.
#c18th #BSECS2026 #DigitalHumanities #c18dh
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