Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Geoffrey Willans

Born: February 4, 1911
Died: August 6, 1958 (aged 47)
Bio: Herbert Geoffrey Willans was an English author and journalist is best known as the co-creator, with the illustrator Ronald Searle, of Nigel Molesworth, the goriller of 3b and curse of St. Custard's.
Known for:
- The Compleet Molesworth (1958)
- How to Be Topp (1954)
- Molesworth
- Whizz for atomms (1956)