Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.
Howard Mumford Jones Quotes
Showing all quotesBirth: | 16th April, 1892 |
Death: | 11th May, 1980 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Historian, Professor |
About
Howard Mumford Jones was born in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. He was an American historian, literary critic, editor, author and professor of English at Harvard University. He was the book editor for The Boston Evening Transcript. In 1965, he won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for O Strange New World: American Culture-The Formative Years. He wrote other books include: America And French Culture 1750-1848, Ideas in America, Primer of intellectual freedom, Education and world tragedy, Belief and Disbelief in American Literature, History and Relevance, The Age of Energy, Revolution & romanticism, and Blue and Gray Diplomacy.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 24th April
Births
- 1944 - Tony Visconti
- 1955 - Jack Kingston
- 1948 - Paul Cellucci
- 1942 - Richard M. Daley
- 1940 - Sue Grafton
Deaths
- 1986 - Wallis Simpson
- 2011 - Sri Sathya Sai Baba
- 1980 - Alejo Carpentier
- 1976 - Mark Tobey
- 1947 - Willa Sibert Cather
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
Age Quotes
Success Quotes
Being Yourself Quotes
Best Friend Quotes
Children Quotes
College Quotes
Dream Quotes
Fate Quotes
Fear Quotes
Future Quotes
Gift Quotes
God Quotes
Joy Quotes
Math Quotes
Perfection Quotes
Positive Quotes
Self Respect Quotes
Soul Quotes
Ambition Quotes
Business Quotes
Confusion Quotes
Economy Quotes
Evolution Quotes
Wisdom Quotes
Leadership Quotes
Challenge Quotes
Management Quotes
Risk Quotes
Influence Quotes
T-shirt Quotes
About Quoteswave
Quoteswave have collection of famous quotes and sayings by popular authors. We have biggest database of famous proverbs and quotes with images. We have categorized all quotes with different topics and tags like love quotes, inspirational, motivational, life, friendship, success, smile, achievement and belief quotes. Everyone love good meaningful quotes so share famous picture quotes with your friends and loved one.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Share with your friends