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.
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Born: August 17, 1840
Died: September 10, 1922 (aged 82)
Bio: Wilfrid Scawen Blunt was an English poet and writer. He was born at Petworth House in Sussex, and served in the Diplomatic Service from 1858 to 1869.
Known for:
- The Future of Islam (1882)
- My Diaries (1919)
- The love sonnets of Proteus (1881)
- Satan absolved (1899)