Quote of the day
The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
Anthony Grafton

Born: May 21, 1950 (age 75)
Bio: Anthony Thomas Grafton is one of the foremost historians of early modern Europe and the current Henry Putnam University Professor at Princeton University. He is also a corresponding fellow of the British Academy and a recipient of the Balzan Prize.
Known for:
- The Footnote: A Curious History (1997)
- Defenders of the text (1991)
- What was History? (2007)
- Forgers and critics (1990)