Quote of the day
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Leonard Krieger
Born: 1918
Died: 1990 (aged 72)
Bio: Leonard Krieger was an American historian who paid particular attention to Modern Europe, especially Germany. He was influential as an intellectual historian, and particularly for his discussion of historicism.
Known for:
- The German idea of freedom (1957)
- Kings and philosophers, 1689-1789. (1970)
- Time's reasons (1989)
- Ideas and events
- Ranke (1977)