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
Asa Gray
Born: November 18, 1810
Died: January 30, 1888 (aged 77)
Bio: Asa Gray is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His Darwiniana was also considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Known for:
- Darwiniana (1876)
- Botany for young people
- Natural Science And Religion (1880)