06:1606:16, 5 January 2023diffhist0
Friedrich Nietzsche
When Nietzsche collapsed into insanity in January of 1889 he was 44 years old (not 45). He would not turn 45 until October of 1889, having been born in October of 1844.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
13 March 2022
05:5505:55, 13 March 2022diffhist−1
Cormac McCarthy
→Santa Fe Institute (2014–present): The article mentioned that “The Passenger” would be McCarthy’s first novel to feature a female protagonist. Actually, its companion novel, “Stella Maris”, will be his first to feature a female protagonist.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
03:1703:17, 14 February 2021diffhist+100
Shirley Jackson
→Novels: Added Jackson’s latest volume in the Library of America series, “Shirley Jackson: Four Novels of the 1940s & 50s” in the Novels section of her Bibliography listings.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
12 January 2020
00:4400:44, 12 January 2020diffhist−32
Joyce Carol Oates
Although Ms. Oates attended Rice University for a period, she did not earn her PhD before leaving. So I removed the PhD degree reference.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
19:2719:27, 14 July 2016diffhist−9 m
Burton Cummings
Tightened up the syntax in places for a smoother read, and added his 2016 induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
12:1612:16, 10 July 2016diffhist+13
Bernard Malamud
Minor edit of sentence mentioning Malamud's recently released Library of America volumes (not called "Collected Novels" but "Novels and Stories of the 40's and 50's" and "Novels and Stories of the 60's").
07:4907:49, 21 July 2015diffhist−1
Erich Heller
→Writings on Nietzsche: Added the English translation ("Human, All Too Human") of the title for non-German readers. Also changed translator Hollingdale's moniker to "R. J." which is ALWAYS how he rendered his name in print; NEVER is it written out.
07:0807:08, 30 June 2015diffhist+758
Shirley Jackson
→Awards: Updated awards and honors received by Jackson as referenced in Joan Wylie Hall's book "Shirley Jackson: A Study of the Short Fiction", Twayne, 1993.
23:2523:25, 24 January 2015diffhist+9 m
Les Paul and Mary Ford
Corrected date of divorce to read "December 1964", not 1963. Source: www.marriage.about.com Article title: "Les Paul and Mary Ford Marriage Profile"
20:2820:28, 23 January 2015diffhist+9 m
Mary Ford
→Career with Les Paul: Corrected date of her divorce from Les Paul to December 1964, not 1963. Source: www.marriage.about.com Article title: "Les Paul and Mary Ford Marriage Profile" Accessed 1/23/2015.
20:2120:21, 23 January 2015diffhist+14 m
Les Paul
→Personal life: Corrected the date of their divorce to read December 1964, not 1963. Source: Marriage.about.com Article title: "Les Paul and Mary Ford Marriage Profile". Accessed 1/24/2015.
20:1120:11, 23 January 2015diffhist0 m
Les Paul
→Later career: Corrected the date of their divorce to read December 1964, not 1962. Source: "Les Paul and Mary Ford Marriage Profile" at www.marriage.about.com