Alexander Huber

Digital humanist · Independent scholar and Consultant for Digital Humanities @Huber_Digital · Research: poetry (very long #18thC) · Published: eighteenthcenturypoetry.org, thomasgray.org · Project: romanticperiodpoetry.org

Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-24

Today marks the 190th anniversary of the death of Dániel Berzsenyi (1776-1836).

Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/autho

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of Dániel Berzsenyi (1776-1836) / Wikimedia Commons
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2026-02-24

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Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-23

On this day, John Keats (1795-1821) and Joanna Baillie (1762-1851) died this day.

Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of John Keats (1795-1821) / Wikimedia CommonsPortrait of Joanna Baillie (1762-1851) / Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-22

Today marks the 115th anniversary of the death of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911).

Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/autho

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) / Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-21

OTD (164 years ago): date of death of Justinus Kerner (1786-1862).

Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/autho

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of Justinus Kerner (1786-1862) / Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-19

Today marks the 145th anniversary of the death of José da Silva Maia Ferreira (1827-1881).

Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/autho

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of José da Silva Maia Ferreira (1827-1881) / Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-19

Today in eighteenth-century poetry: Myles Cooper (1737-1785) and David Garrick (1717-1779)’s birth date.

Poetry available in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/

#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

David Garrick (1717-1779) / © National Portrait Gallery, London
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2026-02-18

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Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-17

On this day, death of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), James Macpherson (1736-1796), and José Amador de los Ríos (1818-1878).

Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) / Wikimedia CommonsPortrait of James Macpherson (1736-1796) / Wikimedia CommonsPortrait of José Amador de los Ríos (1818-1878) / Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-15

On this day (157 years ago), Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan) (1797-1869) died this day.

Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/autho

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan) (1797-1869) / Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-14

On this day (151 years ago), Gabriel García Tassara (1817-1875) died this day.

Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/autho

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of Gabriel García Tassara (1817-1875) / Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-14

This day 309 years ago: Richard Owen Cambridge (1717-1802)’s birth date.

Poetry available in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/au

#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

Richard Owen Cambridge (1717-1802) / © National Portrait Gallery, London
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2026-02-13

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Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-13

On this day (322 years ago), Robert Dodsley (1704-1764)’s birth date.

Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/au

#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

Robert Dodsley (1704-1764) / © National Portrait Gallery, London
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-12

OTD: birth of William Whitehead (1715-1785) and William Mason (1725-1797).

Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/

#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

William Whitehead (1715-1785) / © National Portrait Gallery, LondonWilliam Mason (1725-1797) / © National Portrait Gallery, London
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-12

Happy to report the addition of the 1843 edition of _Elegia di Tommaso Gray_ to the #ThomasGrayArchive digital library. The volume contains 12 Italian, 5 Latin, 1 Hebrew, 6 French, and 4 German #Elegy translations:

thomasgray.org/texts/diglib/pr

#c18th #poetry #19thC #DigitalHumanities

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Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-11

Today marks the 125th anniversary of the death of Ramón de Campoamor (1817-1901).

Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/autho

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of Ramón de Campoamor (1817-1901) / Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-10

OTD, death of Isabella Lickbarrow (1784-1847) and Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837).

Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) / Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-10

Today in eighteenth-century poetry: Aaron Hill (1685-1750) and Benjamin Hoadly (1706-1757) born this day.

Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/

#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

Aaron Hill (1685-1750) / © National Portrait Gallery, London
Alexander Huberc18ah@hcommons.social
2026-02-09

On this day (169 years ago), Dionysios Solomos (1798-1857) died this day.

Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
romanticperiodpoetry.org/autho

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Portrait of Dionysios Solomos (1798-1857) / Wikimedia Commons

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