Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
E. P. Thompson

Born: February 3, 1924
Died: August 28, 1993 (aged 69)
Bio: Edward Palmer Thompson, usually cited as E. P. Thompson, was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner.
Known for:
- The Making of the English Working Class (1963)
- Poverty of theory, or An orrery of errors
- Whigs and hunters
- Customs in common
- Witness Against the Beast (1993)