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.
Eric A. Havelock

Born: June 3, 1903
Died: April 4, 1988 (aged 84)
Bio: Eric Alfred Havelock was a British classicist who spent most of his life in Canada and the United States. He was a professor at the University of Toronto and was active in the Canadian socialist movement during the 1930s.
Known for:
- Preface to Plato (1963)
- The muse learns to write (1986)
- The Liberal Temper in Greek Politics (1957)
- The lyric genius of Catullus