Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Leslie White

Born: January 19, 1900
Died: March 31, 1975 (aged 75)
Bio: Leslie Alvin White was an American anthropologist known for his advocacy of theories of cultural evolution, sociocultural evolution, and especially neoevolutionism, and for his role in creating the department of anthropology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.
Known for:
- The evolution of culture (1959)
- The science of culture (1949)
- Modern Capitalist Culture
- The pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico (1935)
- The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico (1962)







