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.
Sander Gilman

Born: February 21, 1944 (age 81)
Bio: Sander L. Gilman is an American cultural and literary historian, born in New York. He is particularly well known for his contributions to Jewish studies and the history of medicine. He is the author or editor of over eighty books.
Known for:
- The Jew's body (1991)
- Seeing the insane (1982)
- Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity (2008)
- Difference and pathology (1985)
- Jewish Self-Hatred (1986)