2001–02 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

The 2001–02 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season had the earliest named storm since 1992. Eleven tropical storms formed, compared to ...
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2000 Sri Lanka cyclone

The 2000 Sri Lanka cyclone was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the island since 1978. It developed from an ...
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1999 Sydney hailstorm

The 1999 Sydney hailstorm was the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history. The storm developed south of Sydney on ...
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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and ...
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1998 Pacific hurricane season

The 1998 Pacific hurricane season was a below average hurricane season. It had six major hurricanes, which was well above ...
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William Beach Thomas

William Beach Thomas: A Life in Words Who was William Beach Thomas? He was a British author and journalist, born ...
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John Millington Synge

Edmund John Millington Synge was an Irish playwright, poet, prose and travel writer. He was a key figure in the ...
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Asylum confinement of Christopher Smart

The Enigma of Christopher Smart: A Poet Constrained Imagine a poet, confined within the walls of an 18th-century asylum, penning ...
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Mary Martha Sherwood

Imagine a world where stories could shape young minds, guide them through life’s challenges, and instill values that would last ...
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Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. She also edited ...
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