Quote of the day
Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
Frederic William Maitland
Born: May 28, 1850
Died: December 19, 1906 (aged 56)
Bio: Frederic William Maitland was an English historian and lawyer who is generally regarded as the modern father of English legal history.
Known for:
- Domesday book and beyond (1897)
- The constitutional history of England
- The forms of action at common law
- English Law And the Renaissance (1901)
- State, trust, and corporation