Quote of the day
Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
Stephen Birmingham

Born: May 28, 1932
Died: November 15, 2015 (aged 83)
Bio: Stephen Gardner Birmingham was an American author known for his social histories of wealthy American families, often focusing on ethnicity Jews, African-Americans, Irish, and the Anglo-Dutch. He also wrote several novels, also about wealthy people.
Known for:
- Our Crowd (1967)
- Real lace (1973)
- The grandees (1971)
- Life at the Dakota (1979)
- Auerbach Will (1983)






