Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Mark Girouard

Born: October 7, 1931
Died: August 16, 2022 (aged 90)
Bio: Mark Girouard was a British architectural writer, an authority on the country house, an architectural historian, and biographer of James Stirling.
Known for:
- Life in the English Country House (1978)
- The Victorian Country House (1971)
- The Return to Camelot (1981)
- Cities and People (1985)
- The English Town (1990)