Quote of the day
If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. . . . What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.
Henry Mayhew

Born: November 25, 1812
Died: July 25, 1887 (aged 74)
Bio: Henry Mayhew was an English social researcher, journalist, playwright and advocate of reform. He was one of the co-founders of the satirical and humorous magazine Punch in 1841, and was the magazine's joint-editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days.
Known for:
- London Labour and the London Poor
- The unknown Mayhew
- London characters (1874)
- The essential Mayhew