Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
William Stubbs
Born: June 21, 1825
Died: April 22, 1901 (aged 75)
Bio: William Stubbs was an English historian and Anglican bishop. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford between 1866 and 1884. He was Bishop of Chester from 1884 to 1889 and Bishop of Oxford from 1889 to 1901.
Known for:
- Germany in the later Middle Ages, 1200-1500
- Registrum sacrum Anglicanum
- The early Plantagenets
- Lectures on early English history