Quote of the day
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
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)