Quote of the day
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
A. D. Godley

Born: 1856
Died: 1925 (aged 69)
Bio: Alfred Denis Godley was an English classical scholar and author of humorous poems. From 1910 to 1920 he was Public Orator at the University of Oxford, a post that involved composing citations in Latin for the recipients of honorary degrees.
Known for:
- The Casual Ward: Academic and Other Oddments (1912)
- Lyra Frivola (1899)
- Oxford in the Eighteenth Century (1908)
- Socrates And Athenian Society In His Day (1896)






