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.
George Boas

Born: August 28, 1891
Died: March 17, 1980 (aged 88)
Bio: George Boas was a Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He received his education at Brown University, obtaining both a BA and MA in Philosophy there, after which he studied shortly at Columbia, and finally at UC Berkeley, where he earned his PhD in 1917.
Known for:
- The cult of childhood (1966)
- A primer for critics (1937)
- The heaven of invention (1962)
- Wingless Pegasus (1950)