KOLAHUN

W. Somerset Maugham, M.D. (1874 - 1965)

Here is the Physician and Surgeon's Almanac for January 25, 2011.

Today is birthday of William Somerset Maugham, M.D., (pronounced mawm), born in Paris, the youngest of six, he grew up speaking French, was handicapped by a stutter, and by the 1930's, he was the highest paid writer in the English language.

Educated in Cantebury, he went on to St. Thomas’ where he qualifed as a physician in 1897. While in Paris that same year, he published his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, which he based on his experiences with women in childbirth. His play, A Man of Honor, followed in 1903 and, with a string of theatrical successes in London, Dr. Maugham eventually left medicine altogether.

And God created...the unicorn?

 

Interesting how many pre-Christian mythical beasties made it into the English Bible.   

  

Can you ranks these mythical creatures in the order of most to least mentioned in the Holy Bible: King James Version?   

  

Cockactrice(s)

Dragon(s)

Giant(s)

Satyr(s)

Unicorn(s) - to the right of God's hand in this Vatican fresco by Rafael.

 

KEEP

CALM

AND

CARRY

ON

The Ministry of Information

“more power to the misinformed”