Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Born: September 27, 1824
Died: November 26, 1896 (aged 72)
Bio: Benjamin Apthorp Gould was a pioneering American astronomer. He is noted for creating the Astronomical Journal, discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service.
Known for:
- The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (1895)
- Ages of U. S. Volunteer Soldiery (1866)