Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Thomas Hoving

Born: January 15, 1931
Died: December 10, 2009 (aged 78)
Bio: Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving was an American museum executive and consultant and the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Known for:
- Making the Mummies Dance (1993)
- King of the confessors (1981)
- Art for Dummies (1999)
- False impressions (1996)
- Tutankhamun, the untold story (1978)






