Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
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)