Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Colin Murray Parkes
Born: March 6, 1928
Died: January 13, 2024 (aged 95)
Bio: Colin Murray Parkes was a British psychiatrist and the author of numerous books and publications on grief. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen Elizabeth II for his services to bereaved people in June 1996.
Known for:
- Bereavement; studies of grief in adult life (1972)
- Counselling in Terminal Care and Bereavement (1996)