Quote of the day
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
Peter Quennell
Born: March 9, 1905
Died: October 27, 1993 (aged 88)
Bio: Sir Peter Courtney Quennell was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, poet, and critic.
Known for:
- Who's who in Shakespeare (1973)
- Byron; the years of fame (1935)
- Victorian panorama (1937)
- Byron in Italy (1941)