Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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)