Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Leo Marks
Born: September 24, 1920
Died: January 15, 2001 (aged 80)
Bio: Leopold Samuel "Leo" Marks was an English cryptographer during the Second World War. He headed the codes office supporting resistance agents in occupied Europe for the secret Special Operations Executive organisation.
Known for:
- The Life That I Have (1999)
- Between Silk and Cyanide (1998)
- PEEPING TOM