Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
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)