Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
A. L. Rowse
Born: December 4, 1903
Died: October 3, 1997 (aged 93)
Bio: Alfred Leslie Rowse FRHistS, known publicly as A. L. Rowse but to friends and family as Leslie, was a British author and historian from Cornwall, England, UK.
Known for:
- A Cornish Childhood (1942)
- Homosexuals in history (1977)
- Historians I have known (1995)
- The England of Elizabeth (1950)
- The use of history (1946)