Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Alexander Agassiz
Born: December 17, 1835
Died: March 27, 1910 (aged 74)
Bio: Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz, son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.
Known for:
- North American Starfishes (1877)
- Embryology of the Starfish (1864)