Events for November 14

November 14, 1916

Author Hector Munro died in action in France

Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture.

November 14, 1873

Michael Healy, stained-glass artist, illustrator and painter, is born in Dublin

Michael Healy (14 November 1873 – 22 September 1941) was an Irish stained glass artist, one of a small number which included Wilhelmina Geddes, Evie Hone, and Harry Clarke, who achieved international recognition for their work in this medium in the first half of the 20th century. He also achieved some distinction as an illustrator and cartoonist early on in his artistic career, and as an ongoing recorder (in rapid pencil and watercolour impressions) of Dublin street characters going about their daily business. Healy also occasionally painted in oil, both portraits and landscapes, exhibiting a small number of the latter during his lifetime.

November 14, 1715

The Glasgow Courant, the citys first newspaper first printed

The newspaper was first printed on 14 November 1715 in “Glasgow College”, the precursor to the University of Glasgow. The printer was Donald Govan, who was printer to the university. The publisher was Robert Thomson, who was then postmaster of Glasgow.

November 14, 1832

Stopford Brooke, born near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, writer and literary critic

Stopford Brooke, born on November 14, 1832, in the rectory of Glendoen, near Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland, and he was an Irish churchman, royal chaplain and writer. He was a notable figure in the 19th-century literary and cultural scene. He served as a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria and gained recognition as a writer and literary critic.