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.
Basil Valentine

Born: 1394
Died: 1450 (aged 56)
Bio: Basil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-century German authors.
Known for:
- The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine
- The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony
- Les Douze clefs de la philosophie