July 15, 2011

July 15: Thomas Bulfinch Born, 1796


Thomas Bulfinch led a quiet life. His day job was as a bank clerk. But every evening he went home to his boarding house, and created his great work -- still a bestseller after more than 150 years -- Bulfinch's Mythology.


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Pictured: Thomas Bulfinch.

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