Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Fernand Braudel
![Fernand Braudel](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: August 24, 1902
Died: November 27, 1985 (aged 83)
Bio: Fernand Braudel was a French historian and a leader of the Annales School. His scholarship focused on three main projects: The Mediterranean, Civilization and Capitalism, and the unfinished Identity of France.
Known for:
- The Mediterranean in the ancient world
- A History of Civilizations
- The Perspective of the World (1979)