Quote of the day
Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
John William Dunne
Born: 1875
Died: August 24, 1949 (aged 74)
Bio: John William Dunne FRAeS was a British soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher. As a young man he fought in the Second Boer War, before becoming a pioneering aeroplane designer in the early years of the 20th century.
Known for:
- An Experiment with Time (1927)
- The New Immortality (1938)
- Sunshine and the Dry Fly (1924)
- Nothing Dies (1940)