The equestrian statue of Edward Horner stands inside St Andrew's Church
in the village of Mells in Somerset, south-western England. The
sculpture was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and executed
by the equestrian painter and war artist Alfred Munnings. It is a
memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War.
Edward Horner was the only surviving son and heir of Sir John and Lady
Frances Horner of Mells Manor and a member of an extended upper-class
social group known as the Coterie, many of whom were killed in the war.
Lutyens was a friend of the Horner family, having designed buildings and
structures for them since the beginning of the 20th century. For
Horner's memorial, Lutyens designed the plinth himself, and engaged
Munnings for the latter's first public work of sculpture. The statue is
a bronze of a cavalry officer on horseback, bare-headed, with his helmet
and sword on the horse's saddle.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Edward_Horner>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1280:
Reconquista: Troops of the Emirate of Granada defeated those of
the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of León in the Battle of
Moclín.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mocl%C3%ADn_(1280)>
1594:
Anglo-Spanish War: During the Action of Faial, an English
attempt to capture a Portuguese carrack, reputedly one of the richest
ever to set sail from the Indies, caused it to explode with all the
treasure lost.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_Faial>
1894:
Led by French historian Pierre de Coubertin, an international
congress at the Sorbonne in Paris founded the International Olympic
Committee to reinstate the ancient Olympic Games.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin>
1982:
Chinese American Vincent Chin died after being beaten into a
coma in Highland Park, Michigan, U.S., by two automotive workers who
were angry about the success of Japanese auto companies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Vincent_Chin>
2013:
A group of militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering
base camp in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and killed 11 people; 10
climbers and one local guide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Nanga_Parbat_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
catheter:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/catheter>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through
honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am
grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have
helped guide this extraordinary nation’s destiny. I leave this life
with no regrets. It was a wonderful life — full and complete with the
great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to
leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I
intended.
--Charles Krauthammer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer>