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.
William H. Prescott
Born: May 4, 1796
Died: January 28, 1859 (aged 62)
Bio: William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian.
Known for:
- History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843)
- History of the conquest of Peru (1857)
- The conquest of Mexico
- Biographical and critical miscellanies (1842)