Quote of the day
Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment; cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. I purchased excellent and beautiful horses, visited all such neighbors as I found congenial spirits, and was as happy as happy could be.
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)






