Bruce Chatwin was a journalist, novelist, as well as a travel writer. His book, In Patagonia, established him in the travel book world
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher and historian known for A Treatise on Human Nature, Essays Moral and Political, and an exhaustive History of England
Yesterday was the birthday of Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) better remembered as author J. M. Barrie who created the beloved Peter Pan.