Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
John Masterman
Born: January 12, 1891
Died: June 6, 1977 (aged 86)
Bio: Sir John Cecil Masterman was a noted academic, sportsman and author. However, he was best known as chairman of the Twenty Committee, which during World War II ran the Double Cross System, the scheme that controlled double agents in Britain.
Known for:
- An Oxford tragedy (1933)
- The Case of the Four Friends (1957)
- Fate Cannot Harm Me (1935)