On this day
30
April

Alice B. Toklas, A. E. Housman

Born: Alice B. Toklas (1877)
Died: A. E. Housman (1936)

Born on this day

30AprBorn 1877149th birthday

Alice B. Toklas

Alice B. Toklas helped sustain one of modernism's most influential households. Her own cookbook turned recipes and recollections into a distinctive account of the life she shared with Gertrude Stein.

Died on this day

30AprDied 193690th anniversary of death

A. E. Housman

A. E. Housman combined demanding classical scholarship with poems of youth, loss and unreturned love. His attachment to Moses Jackson remained largely private during his lifetime.