Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Charles Hamilton

Born: August 8, 1876
Died: December 24, 1961 (aged 85)
Bio: Charles Harold St. John Hamilton was an English writer, specializing in writing long-running series of stories for weekly magazines about recurrent casts of characters.
Known for:
- Old Soldiers Never Die (1933)
- Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1947)
- Old Soldier Sahib (1936)
- Bunter Does His Best (1954)