Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Leonard Woolley
Born: April 17, 1880
Died: February 20, 1960 (aged 79)
Bio: Sir Charles Leonard Woolley was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first archaeologists to excavate methodically, and utilise records to reconstruct ancient life.
Known for:
- Excavations at Ur (1928)
- The Sumerians (1927)
- Digging up the Past (1930)
- Ur of the Chaldees (1929)
- The wilderness of Zin (1915)