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.
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)