Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Charles R. Van Hise
Born: May 29, 1857
Died: November 19, 1918 (aged 61)
Bio: Charles Richard Van Hise was an American geologist, academic and progressive. He served as president of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, from 1903 to 1918.
Known for:
- A Treatise on Metamorphism (1904)
- Conservation of our natural resources
- Pre-Cambrian Geology of North America