Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Ralph Connor
Born: September 13, 1860
Died: October 31, 1937 (aged 77)
Bio: Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College.
Known for:
- The man from Glengarry (1901)
- The Sky Pilot a Tale of the Foothills (1899)
- The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land (1919)
- Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks (1898)