Born in 1876 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer. Above: Illustration for the fairy tale “Vasilisa the Beautiful”, 1900

Also, in 1911 – E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician, who wrote, “Everywhere people ask: ‘What can I actually do?’ The answer is as simple as it is disconcerting: we can, each of us, work to put our own inner house in order. The guidance we need for this work cannot be found in science or technology, the value of which utterly depends on the ends they serve; but it can still be found in the traditional wisdom of mankind.”