English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1885)

D. H. Lawrence

David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation and industrialisation, while championing sexuality, vitality and instinct. Four of his most famous novels – Sons and Lovers (1913), The Rainbow (1915), Women in Love (1920), and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) – were the subject of censorship trials for their radical portrayals of romance, sexuality, and use of explicit language.

Born

1885

September 11

Died

1930

Era

1880s

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1885 Born
1930 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

9 The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.
1185 Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
1275 An earthquake occurred in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor.
1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.

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The world in 1930

When D. departed

april 18 A fire kills 118 people at a wooden church in the small Romanian town of Costești, most of them schoolchildren, after starting during Good Friday services.
april 2 After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
april 22 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
april 28 The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 11

Sung Jae-gi 1967–2013 South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967) Bear Bryant 1913–1983 American football player and coach (born 1913) Dave Bidini 1963– Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist David Pizarro 1979– Chilean footballer Jacinto Convit 1913– Venezuelan physician and academic (died 2014) Rudolf Vrba 1924–2006 Czech Holocaust survivor and educator (born 1924) Teuvo Teräväinen 1994– Finnish ice hockey player Tom Landry 1924–2000 American football player and coach (born 1924) Vasilije Mokranjac 1923–1984 Serbian composer (born 1923)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1885

Alice Paul 1885–1977 American activist and suffragist (died 1977) Clare Sheridan 1885–1970 English sculptor and author (born 1885) Erich von Stroheim 1885–1957 Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1885) Frank Patrick 1885–1960 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960) Giacomo Matteotti 1885–1924 Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885) Grace Hutchins 1885–1969 American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969) Gunnar Asplund 1885–1940 Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (born 1885) John Curtin 1885–1945 Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945) John Tovey 1885–1971 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (born 1885)

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