Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
E. Cobham Brewer
Born: May 10, 1810
Died: March 6, 1897 (aged 86)
Bio: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, was the compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and The Reader's Handbook.
Known for:
- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1870)
- A Dictionary Of Miracles (1884)