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.
Ian Hay
Born: April 17, 1876
Died: September 22, 1952 (aged 76)
Bio: Major General John Hay Beith was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but he is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay.
Known for:
- The first hundred thousand (1915)
- The lighter side of school life (1914)
- Happy-go-lucky (1913)
- The Willing Horse: A Novel (1900)
- Getting together (1917)