Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Born: January 15, 1914
Died: January 26, 2003 (aged 89)
Bio: Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, was a historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.
Known for:
- The Last Days of Hitler (1947)
- Renaissance essays (1985)
- The Wartime Journals
- The Invention of Scotland: Myth and History
Hugh Trevor-Roper Quotes