Quote of the day
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
Lord Alfred Douglas
Born: October 22, 1870
Died: March 20, 1945 (aged 74)
Bio: Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, nicknamed Bosie, was a British author, poet, translator, and political commentator, better known as the friend and lover of Oscar Wilde.
Known for:
- My friendship with Oscar Wilde (1914)
- The collected poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
- The Pongo papers (1907)
- The city of the soul (1899)