Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Peter Gammond
Born: September 30, 1925
Died: May 6, 2019 (aged 93)
Bio: Peter Gammond was a British music critic, writer, journalist, musician, poet, and artist.
Known for:
- The Oxford companion to popular music (1991)
- Bluff Your Way in Class (1986)
- Offenbach: His Life and Times (1980)
- The Little Book of Betjeman (2006)
- Day I Met Myself (2014)