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.
John Charles Van Dyke

Born: 1861
Died: 1931 (aged 70)
Bio: John Charles Van Dyke was an American art historian and critic. He was born at New Brunswick, New Jersey, studied at Columbia, and for many years in Europe. He was admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 1877, but never practiced law.
Known for:
- A text--book of the history of painting (1894)
- The secret life of John C. Van Dyke
- The autobiography of John C. Van Dyke