Quote of the day
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Francis Palgrave
Born: July, 1788
Died: July 6, 1861 (aged 73)
Bio: Sir Francis Palgrave, KH FRS, born Francis Ephraim Cohen, was an English archivist and historian. He was Deputy Keeper of the Public Record Office from its foundation in 1838 until his death; and he is also remembered for his many scholarly publications.
Known for:
- History of the Anglo-Saxons (1831)
- Truths and fictions of the middle ages (1837)
- Astrology and Alchemy