Quote of the day
There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.
Francis Kilvert

Born: December 3, 1840
Died: September 23, 1879 (aged 38)
Bio: Robert Francis Kilvert, always known as Francis, or Frank, was an English clergyman remembered for his diaries reflecting rural life in the 1870s, which were published over fifty years after his death.
Known for:
- Kilvert's diary 1870-1879
- A Wiltshire Diary
- Diary of Francis Kilvert, June-July 1870
- Ardizzone's Kilvert