Quote of the day
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Mary Douglas
Born: March 25, 1921
Died: May 16, 2007 (aged 86)
Bio: Dame Mary Douglas was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism, whose area of speciality was social anthropology.
Known for:
- Purity and Danger (1966)
- Natural Symbols (1970)
- How Institutions Think (1986)
- Risk and Blame (1992)