Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Cyril Falls
Born: March 2, 1888
Died: April 23, 1971 (aged 83)
Bio: Cyril Bentham Falls was a military historian noted for his work on the First World War. He was born in Dublin and died in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Known for:
- History of the 36th Ulster Division (1922)
- Elizabeth's Irish Wars (1950)
- Armageddon, 1918 (1964)
- The Birth of Ulster (1936)
- Rudyard Kipling: A Critical Study (1915)