Quote of the day
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
Geoffrey Elton

Born: August 17, 1921
Died: December 3, 1994 (aged 73)
Bio: Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton was a German-born British political and constitutional historian, specialising in the Tudor period. He taught at Clare College, Cambridge and was the Regius Professor of Modern History there from 1983 to 1988.
Known for:
- The Practice of History (1967)
- The Tudor revolution in government (1953)
- England Under the Tudors (1955)
- Reformation Europe, 1517-1559 (1963)
- Return to essentials (1991)






