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
Charles Edwin Bessey
Born: May 1, 1845
Died: February 25, 1915 (aged 69)
Bio: Charles Edwin Bessey was an American botanist.
Known for:
- Botany for High Schools and Colleges (1880)
- The Essentials of Botany (1884)