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.
Hans Kohn

Born: September 15, 1891
Died: March 16, 1971 (aged 79)
Bio: Hans Kohn was a Jewish American philosopher and historian. Born in Prague during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was captured as a prisoner of war during World War I and held in Russia for five years.
Known for:
- The Idea of Nationalism (1961)
- Nationalism, its meaning and history (1955)
- Western civilization in the Near East (1936)
- Reflections on modern history (1963)