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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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)