Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Crane Brinton
Born: 1898
Died: September 7, 1968 (aged 70)
Bio: Clarence Crane Brinton was an American historian of France, as well as an historian of ideas. His most famous work, The Anatomy of Revolution likened the dynamics of revolutionary movements to the progress of fever.
Known for:
- The Anatomy of Revolution (1938)
- History of Civilization, A
- A history of Western morals (1959)
- The Jacobins (1930)
- The lives of Talleyrand (1936)