Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Hesketh Pearson

Born: February 20, 1887
Died: April 9, 1964 (aged 77)
Bio: Edward Hesketh Gibbons Pearson was a British actor, theatre director and writer. He is known mainly for his popular biographies; they made him the leading British biographer of his time, in terms of commercial success.
Known for:
- The Life of Oscar Wilde (1946)
- A Life of Shakespeare (1942)
- Smith of Smiths (1934)
- Bernard Shaw (1941)
- Gilbert and Sullivan (1935)