Wednesday, February 04, 2009
I made a rather obscure joke over at volokh.
Q. Today is Mendelssohn's 200th birthday (Feb. 3, 1809) — which completes the trifecta of geniuses born within a 10 day period between Feb 3 and Feb 12, 1809 (with Darwin and Lincoln, of course, on Feb 12). [If any of you know of a comparable 10-day period, I'd love to hear what it was and who was born within it]
A. (me) April 13, 1743 -April 22, 1743.
They got it.
UPDATE: Thanks to R&R who points out in the comments that I'm taking some unfair swipes at Mozart....
And I love arbitraryaardvark's suggestion that April 13-23, 1743 was another remarkable 10-day period for geniuses. :) DGP
Q. Today is Mendelssohn's 200th birthday (Feb. 3, 1809) — which completes the trifecta of geniuses born within a 10 day period between Feb 3 and Feb 12, 1809 (with Darwin and Lincoln, of course, on Feb 12). [If any of you know of a comparable 10-day period, I'd love to hear what it was and who was born within it]
A. (me) April 13, 1743 -April 22, 1743.
They got it.
UPDATE: Thanks to R&R who points out in the comments that I'm taking some unfair swipes at Mozart....
And I love arbitraryaardvark's suggestion that April 13-23, 1743 was another remarkable 10-day period for geniuses. :) DGP
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