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 Gay
Born: June 20, 1923
Died: May 12, 2015 (aged 91)
Bio: Peter Gay was an American historian, educator and author. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and former director of the New York Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers.
Known for:
- Freud: A Life For Our Time (1988)
- Modernism: The Lure of Heresy (2007)
- Weimar culture: the outsider as insider (1968)