Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer

Born: May 14, 1781
Died: June 14, 1873 (aged 92)
Bio: Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer was a German historian. He was the first scientific historian to popularise history in German. He travelled extensively and served in German legislative bodies.