Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Alfred W. Crosby

Born: January 15, 1931
Died: March 14, 2018 (aged 87)
Bio: Alfred W. Crosby Jr. was a Professor Emeritus of History, Geography, and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the author of such books as The Columbian Exchange and Ecological Imperialism.
Known for:
- The Columbian Exchange (1972)
- America's forgotten pandemic (1976)
- The measure of reality (1996)
- Children of the sun (2006)