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.
Andrew Delbanco
Born: February 20, 1952 (age 72)
Bio: Andrew H. Delbanco is Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of several books, including College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be, which has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Russian, and Hebrew.
Known for:
- The Death of Satan (1995)
- Melville: His World and Work (2005)
- The Real American Dream (1999)
- The Puritan ordeal (1989)