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A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that 'the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.'
Carlo M. Cipolla
Born: August 15, 1922
Died: September 5, 2000 (aged 78)
Bio: Carlo M. Cipolla was an Italian economic historian. He was born in Pavia, where he got his academic degree in 1944.
Known for:
- Allegro ma non troppo
- Clocks and culture, 1300-1700
- Guns, Sails & Empires