Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
Born: June 27, 1786
Died: June 3, 1869 (aged 82)
Bio: John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was a British politician and diarist.
Known for:
- Recollections of a Long Life (1786)