Meindert Hobbema, 1638 – 1709, Dutch Golden Age painter, A Watermill beside a Woody Lane

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2020-09-14

On this day in 1709, Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Famous for his ability to capture the human condition, 310 years later we can still relate to many of his works and quotes whilst navigating a very different life and world.

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2019-09-18

March 10, 1709, birthday of German zoologist and Siberia explorer Georg Wilhelm Steller, the figure - from his travel account - shows the smoking volcano Klyuchevskoy, on the Kamchatka peninsula, highest active volcano of Eurasia 🌋

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2019-03-10