A person who gives financial or other support to a client, person, organisation, or cause.
Patron
Fact of the Day
James I punished one person who had been unwilling to extend him credit by ordering the offender to attend on him - by walking behind the royal procession as they progressed from London to Carlisle (a distance of about three hundred miles).
Quote of the Day
"Sick men are privileged to tell all their stories and grievances.
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~ John Chamberlain, letter writer, 1613
On This Day
1787 The 'First Fleet' of 11 ships carrying convicts to Australia left England.
1888 Slavery was abolished in Brazil.