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EVENTS

NEW BOOKS

BIRTHS

January 1 - Isaac Reed , Shakespearean editor

June 25 - Johann Schweighauser , German classical scholar

October 6 - Johan Herman Wessel , Norwegian author

DEATHS

February 22 - James Wilson , publisher

March 23 - Jean-Baptiste Dubos , French author

July 9 - John Oldmixon , English historian

July 14 - Richard Bentley , English scholar and critic

July 19 - William Somervile , English poet

November 24 - Andrew Bradford , American publisher