Quote of the day
After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve.
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






