Month: November 2020

Robin and Simpkin: millers and thieves in the Canterbury Tales

Millers in medieval times were often stereotyped as rogues and thieves. Two vivid descriptions of contemporary medieval millers appear in...

Thomas Cogan (1545-1607): Brown bread is good for the digestion

Thomas Cogan (Coghan) observed in his book The Haven of Health (published in 1584) that: Browne bread made of the...

John Figgis Morton (1872-1958)

or Mr Hovis and the triumph of advertising brown bread Hovis is a distinctive brand of brown bread.  However, it...

Hannah Wilkinson Slater (1774-1812)

Hannah Wilkinson Slater (15-12-1774 – 02-10-1812) Hannah Wilkinson Slater was an early American pioneer and inventor. She grew up in...

Sybilla Righton Masters (c 1676 -1720)

Sybilla Righton Masters can lay claim to being the first person living in the American colonies to be awarded an...

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