Quote of the day
I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
John Timbs
Born: August 17, 1801
Died: March 6, 1875 (aged 73)
Bio: John Timbs was an English author and antiquary. Some of his work was published under the pseudonym of Horace Welby.
Known for:
- English Eccentrics and Eccentricities (1866)
- Things Not Generally Known (1857)
- School-Days Of Eminent Men (1858)
- A century of anecdote from 1760 to 1860 (1860)