National Biographyさんのイラストまとめ

"Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray."

Leading Romantic poet George Gordon Byron, better known as Lord Byron, was born #OnThisDay in 1788. https://t.co/vNuST1LRNe

#OTD in 1613, during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII, the Globe Theatre burnt down after some of the stuff shot out of a small cannon, for a sound effect, lodged in the thatch. Read more about the life of Shakespeare for free on the ODNB: https://t.co/B46p0vY6s7

For #Pride2022 we are celebrating the life of Anne Lister, dubbed 'the first modern lesbian' and referred to as #GentlemanJack. She became known through her diaries which chronicle in minute detail her daily life. Discover her life for free: https://t.co/fxvmexJJWA

Today we're celebrating #WomeninSTEM as part of Ada Lovelace day. Explore the life of the events namesake, Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, and her pioneering work on the analytical engine on the ODNB: https://t.co/dDNAH8MR7G @FindingAda #ALD20

13 new entries have been added to the ODNB this July with a focus on the lives of early modern women. From Anne Herbert, the sister of Queen Katherine Parr, to publisher Jane Hogarth, discover our latest lives: https://t.co/q39U8QMzgK

Our April update highlights the lives of 15 women who pushed the boundaries in a variety of different spheres, striving not only for individual achievement but also for wider social change. From Edith Ellis to Githa Sowerby, discover our latest update: https://t.co/ZrA0UotC4a

Botanist Anne Pratt concludes our #WomenInSTEM feature for #WomensHistoryMonth. Pratt, one of the most prominent botanical and ornithological illustrators and authors of her time, composed more than 20 books illustrated with her own chromolithographs: https://t.co/Stvl8sK5rx

'You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.'

On this #WorldTheatreDay2020, we're celebrating with George Bernard Shaw, polemicist and playwright behind 'Pygmalion', 'Arms and the Man', and more: https://t.co/ewcBzCT65c

Newly-added this month: 36 lives, with a focus on women, citizenship, and social action before 1950. This update includes eight of the first female magistrates, as well as a naval architect, a Judo black belt, and a debutante. https://t.co/XxqGPpgTDf