Birthdays occurring on February, 7

1477

Thomas More was born on February 7, 1477 English humanist, statesman and chancellor of England, 1477-1535 An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man. More quotations from Thomas More

1766

Thomas Robert Malthus was born on February 7, 1766 English economist, 1766-1834 Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio More quotations from Thomas Robert Malthus

1803

Edgar Quinet was born on February 7, 1803 French political philosopher, poet and historian who made a significant contribution to the developing tradition of liberalism in France. 1803-1875 What we share with another ceases to be our own. More quotations from Edgar Quinet

1812

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era, 1812-1870 Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. More quotations from Charles Dickens

1867

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867 American author of children's fiction based on her own youth in the American Midwest. 1867-1957 It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. More quotations from Laura Ingalls Wilder

Deaths occurring on February, 7

1921

Peter Kropotkin died on February 7, 1921 America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society. More quotations from Peter Kropotkin

1937

Elihu Root died on February 7, 1937 American lawyer and statesman. Nobel Prize for Peace in 1912. 1845-1937 Men do not fail; they give up trying More quotations from Elihu Root

1938

Harvey S. Firestone died on February 7, 1938 American industrialist founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.,1868-1938 Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. More quotations from Harvey S. Firestone