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The Ladies' Diary: or, Woman's Almanack appeared annually in London from 1704 to 1841 after which it was succeeded by The Lady's and Gentleman's Diary. [1] It featured material relating to calendars etc. including sunrise and sunset times and phases of the moon, as well as important dates (eclipses, holidays, school terms, etc.), and a ...
During his years in Kendal, Dalton contributed solutions to problems and answered questions on various subjects in The Ladies' Diary and the Gentleman's Diary. In 1787 at age 21 he began his meteorological diary in which, during the succeeding 57 years, he entered more than 200,000 observations.
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John Dalton is an American author. His first novel, Heaven Lake won the 2005 Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters [ 1 ] and the 2004 Barnes & Noble Discover Award in Fiction.
The son of the Rev. John Dalton, rector of Dean, Cumberland, he was born there; Richard Dalton was his brother. He received his school education at Lowther, Westmorland, and when sixteen years old was sent to The Queen's College, Oxford, entering the college as batler 12 October 1725, being elected taberdar 2 November 1730, and taking the degree of B.A. on 20 November 1730.
Heaven Lake is the debut novel of American author John Dalton published in 2004. It won both the 2005 Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters [1] and the 2004 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award in Fiction. [2]
Susanna Isabella Dalton was one of nine children born to Lieutenant-Colonel John Dalton of Sleningford, Yorkshire. Her mother was Susanna Prescott, a daughter of General Robert Prescott. The family saw many of its members undertake military service; besides her father, all five of her brothers would attain rank in the British Army or Royal Navy ...
It ceased publication in 1871. [1] This should not be confused with Ladies and Gentlemens Diary, or Royal Almanack (1775 to 1786) which was printed by Thomas Carnan and edited by Reuben Burrow and was a short lived competitor to The Ladies' Diary. Kirkman's schoolgirl problem originated in a question in the magazine.