Quote of the day
Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
John Fortescue
Born: 1394
Died: 1476 (aged 82)
Bio: Sir John Fortescue was the Chief Justice of the King's Bench of England and the author of De laudibus legum Angliæ, an influential treatise on English law.
Known for:
- The Governance of England
- De laudibus legum Angliæ
- A history of the British army
- History of the 17th Lancers
- Corr.King George Vl6