Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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)