Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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)