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.
Henry Williamson
Born: December 1, 1895
Died: August 13, 1977 (aged 81)
Bio: Henry William Williamson was an English soldier, naturalist, farmer and ruralist writer known for his natural history and social history novels. He won the Hawthornden Prize for literature in 1928 with his book Tarka the Otter.
Known for:
- Tarka the Otter (1927)
- Salar The Salmon (1935)
- The beautiful years (1919)
- The Patriot's Progress (1930)
- Dandelion days (1922)