Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
George W. E. Russell
Born: June 23, 1923
Died: July 27, 2009 (aged 86)
Bio: George Allen Russell was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and theorist.
Known for:
- Collections and recollections (1898)
- Fifteen chapters of autobiography
- Prime ministers, and some others (1918)
- The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone (1891)
- Half-Lengths (1913)