Quote of the day
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
J. H. Hexter

Born: May 25, 1910
Died: December 8, 1996 (aged 86)
Bio: Jack H. Hexter was an American historian, a specialist in Tudor and seventeenth century British history, and well known for his comments on historiography.
Known for:
- On historians (1979)
- The Judaeo-Christian tradition (1966)
- The Traditions of the Western World (1967)
- Reappraisals in history (1961)
- More's Utopia: The Biography of an Idea (1952)