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.
Theodore Hook

Born: September 22, 1788
Died: August 24, 1841 (aged 52)
Bio: Theodore Edward Hook was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1810.
Known for:
- Jack Brag (1837)
- Gilbert Gurney (1836)
- SAYINGS & DOINGS
- Gurney married (1839)