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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:17:48 -0400
From: Michael Donohue <michaeldonohue@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Michael Donohue <michaeldonohue@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Fwd: question regarding Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
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Dear Carolyn,
The 8th of July Old Style (which is Julian, not Gregorian) does, actually,
correspond to the 20th New Style (Gregorian)--but in the 19th Century only.
In 1900, the Gregorian calendar had no leap year (the rules established in
1582 said that years divisible by 100 would only be leap years if they were
ALSO divisible by 400) but the Julian one did, so the difference between the
two calendars increased from 12 to 13. (Same thing happened in 1800 and
1700, though obviously not in 1600.) As for the 15th, I have no idea.
Best,
Mike
Strangely enough there seems to be some discrepancy in determining the
birthdate of Nabokov's father. In Speak Memory it is given as "July 20,
1870" which appears to be the Julian (New Style) date. However there are two
quite different Gregorian (Old Style) dates - - July 8 and July 15. All the
internet sources including the Nabokov Genealogy site
(http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/nfw01/nfw01_003.htm) give the July 15
date. However neither the 8th or the 15th Old Style will yield the 20th New
Style.
To complicate matters further, Alexey Sklyarenko (The Nabokovian No. 53)
insists that Speak Memory was off by one day, and that the correct date is
July 21.
<br><br><br>>From: "Donald B. Johnson"
<chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu><br>>Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
<NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU><br>>To:
NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU<br>>Subject: Fwd: question regarding Vladimir
Dmitrievich Nabokov<br>>Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:56:58
-0700<br>><br>>EDNOTE. Can someone clarify this? Thanks.
Don<br>><br>>----- Forwarded message from chaiselongue@earthlink.net
-----<br>> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:25:53 -0800<br>> From:
Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net><br>>Reply-To: Carolyn
Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net><br>> Subject: question
regarding Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov<br>> To: Vladimir Nabokov
Forum<br>><br>>Dear Don,<br>><br>>Strangely enough there seems
to be some discrepancy in determining the<br>>birthdate of Nabokov's
father. In Speak Memory it is given as "July 20,<br>>1870"
which appears to be the Julian (New Style) date. However there are
two<br>>quite different Gregorian (Old Style) dates - - July 8 and July
15. All the<br>>internet sources including the Nabokov Genealogy
site<br>>(http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/nfw01/nfw01_003.htm) give
the July 15<br>>date. However neither the 8th or the 15th Old Style will
yield the 20th New<br>>Style.<br>><br>>To complicate matters
further, Alexey Sklyarenko (The Nabokovian No. 53)<br>>insists that Speak
Memory was off by one day, and that the correct date is<br>>July
21.<br>><br>>Can anyone
clarify?<br>><br>>thanks,<br>>Carolyn<br>><br>>----- End
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