J. C. Squire

Sir John Collings Squire was a British writer, most notable as editor of the London Mercury, a major literary magazine in the interwar period. He antagonised several eminent authors, but attracted a coterie that was dubbed the Squirearchy. He was also a poet and historian, who captained a famous literary cricket-team called the Invalids.

2 April 1884

Born on the same birth day (2 April): Al Weis • Alfred Strange • Alphonse-Marie Parent • Amr El Solia • Brenda Fruhvirtová • Calvin Davis • Clément Ader • David Robinson (horticulturist) • György Konrád • Ibrahim Afellay • Michael Clarke (cricketer) • Paul Triquet • Rita Gam • Tua Forsström • William Donne (cricketer)

Born in the same month (April 1884): Clement Smoot • Daniel Varoujan • Ion Inculeț • Isoroku Yamamoto • J. G. Parry-Thomas • Jaan Anvelt • James Alberione • Oliver Kirk • Olof Sandborg • Otto Fritz Meyerhof • Otto Rank • Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha • Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell • Tenby Davies