Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
E. Digby Baltzell
Born: November 14, 1915
Died: August 17, 1996 (aged 80)
Bio: Edward Digby Baltzell was an American sociologist, academic and author. He became an eminent professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and was credited with popularizing the acronym WASP.
Known for:
- Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia (1979)
- Philadelphia gentlemen (1958)
- Sporting gentlemen (1995)
- An American business aristocracy (1958)