Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Pieter Geyl

Born: December 15, 1887
Died: December 31, 1966 (aged 79)
Bio: Pieter Catharinus Arie Geyl was a Dutch historian, well known for his studies in early modern Dutch history and in historiography.
Known for:
- Napoléon, for and against (1949)
- Orange and Stuart, 1641-1672
- From Ranke to Toynbee (1952)
- Debates with historians (1955)
- Revolt of the Netherlands, 1555-1609 (1932)