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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

November 3, 2009: THE 291st ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF JOHN MONTAGU

So what, you say?  John Montagu, better known as the 4th Earl of Sandwich, is remembered for "inventing" the sandwich.





Check back tomorrow for an update on the exciting sandwich-happenings at Fogelson Library this weekend.  For your entertainment in the meantime, here is an artist's rendition of John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, in a sandwich:



(Ollie Palmer, 2007. Original image A mezzotint print of the noble earl engraved by Valentine Green, after Johann Zoffany, published 30 August 1774.)