1902 in Literature - Events

Events

  • April - Mark Twain purchases a home in Terrytown, New York.
  • June 4 - Mark Twain receives an honorary doctorate of literature degree from the University of Missouri.
  • June 16 - Bertrand Russell writes to Gottlob Frege informing him of the mathematical problem that will become known as Russell's paradox.
  • The Irish Literary Theatre project ended.

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