Quote of the day
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Leopold von Ranke
Born: December 21, 1795
Died: May 23, 1886 (aged 90)
Bio: Leopold von Ranke was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history.
Known for:
- The theory and practice of history
- History of the Reformation in Germany
- The secret of world history
- History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations (1494 to 1514)