Birth and death anniversaries from February 8-14

February 8

* John Ruskin, English writer and art critic, was born in 1819.

* Mohommed Azaruddin, Indian cricketer, was born in 1963.

February 9

* Robert Knox, sailor and famous English prisoner of Ceylon, died in 1720.

* Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera, well-known orator and national hero, was born in 1823.

February 10

* Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer, died in 1837.

* Bertolt Brecht, German dramatist, was born in 1898.

February 11

* Rene Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher, died in 1650.

* Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the electric light bulb, was born in 1847.

* Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first president of India, died in 1963.

February 12

* Abraham Lincoln, American

President between 1861 and 1865, was born in 1809.

February 13

* Sir Don Baron Jayathilleke, national leader and founder of the YMBA, was born in 1868.

February 14

*Sir Quintin Hogg, founder of the Polytechnic, was born in 1845.