Anarchist Historian, Scholar, Writer, and Associate of the Kate Sharpley Library

(1954 - ) ~ Professor Emeritus of History of Art at the University of Oxford, Master Historian of Ming Dynasty Art (1368?1644) : He held the chair of art history at Oxford from 2007 to 2018, the first scholar of Asian art to do so. Much of his work concentrates on the Ming period (1368-1644), with additional interests in the art of 20th century and contemporary China. Before coming to Oxford he worked as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum... (From : hoa.ox.ac.uk.)

(1900 - 1978) ~ Italian Political Leader, Novelist, and Short-story Writer, World-famous during World War II for his Powerful Anti-fascist Novels, Nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature Ten Times : An Italian political leader, novelist, and short-story writer, world-famous during World War II for his powerful anti-fascist novels. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature ten times. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

(1885 - 1972) ~ American Economist from University of Chicago, Chicago School Founder, Professor of Milton Friedman, George Stigler and James M. Buchanan : An American economist who spent most of his career at the University of Chicago, where he became one of the founders of the Chicago School. Nobel laureates Milton Friedman, George Stigler and James M. Buchanan were all students of Knight at Chicago. Ronald Coase said that Knight, without teaching him, was a major influence on his thinking. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

(1567 - 1643) ~ Italian Composer, String Player, Choirmaster, Roman Catholic Priest, Pioneer in the Development of Opera, Crucial Transitional Figure Between the Renaissance and Baroque Periods of Music History : An Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and Catholic priest. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

"Boys and Sex," by Wardell B. Pomeroy, first edition, published by Laurel-Leaf Books, 1968.

"Letter From a Birmingham Jail," written while in jail by Martin Luther King Jr, 1963. Quoted from The Portable Sixties Reader, edited by Ann Charters, a Penguin Classics.

"The Pope's Position on Birth Control," by Margaret Sanger, 27 Jan 1932. Source: The Nation, Jan. 27, 1932 [Vol. 135, No. 3473]: 102-104. , MSMC16:324.

A History : "China: A History," by John Keay, published by Basic Books, New York, 2009.

"The Shaping of the Arabs: A Study in Ethnic Identity," by Joel Carmichael, the Macmillan Company, New York, Collier-Macmilian Ltd., London, 1967.