Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Geoffrey Barraclough

Born: May 10, 1908
Died: December 26, 1984 (aged 76)
Bio: Geoffrey Barraclough was an English historian, known as a medievalist and historian of Germany.
Known for:
- The Times Atlas of World History (1978)
- The Origins of Modern Germany (1946)
- The Medieval Papacy (1968)
- An Introduction to Contemporary History (1964)