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The 2008 edition of the AQA Anthology. The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (the AQA) has produced Anthologies for GCSE English and English Literature studied in English schools. This follows on from AQA's predecessor organisations; Northern Examinations and Assessment Board (NEAB) and Southern Examining Group (SEG).
AQA Education, [1] trading as AQA (formerly the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance), is an awarding body in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It compiles specifications and holds examinations in various subjects at GCSE, AS and A Level and offers vocational qualifications. AQA is a registered charity and independent of the government.
August 30 – A hard disk drive containing unfinished work by the English comic fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett (died 2015) is crushed by a steamroller on his instructions. [2] October 5 - The Swedish Academy announce that the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro. [3] October – Tianjin Binhai Library opens in China ...
1605–1615 – Miguel de Cervantes writes the two parts of Don Quixote. 1616: April – Death of both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes.; 1630-1651: William Bradford writes Of Plymouth Plantation, journals that are considered the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and their government.
C17, formally ISO/IEC 9899:2018, [1] is an open standard for the C programming language, prepared in 2017 and published in July 2018. It replaced C11 (standard ISO/IEC 9899:2011), [ 2 ] and is superseded by C23 (ISO/IEC 9899:2024) since October 2024. [ 3 ]
January 28 (baptized) – John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (died 1775) February 14 – Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French novelist (died 1777) February 25 – Carlo Goldoni, Venetian dramatist (died 1793) April 20 – Robert Foulis, Scottish printer and publisher (died 1776) April 22 – Henry Fielding, English ...