Quote of the day
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.
You may have to work for it, however.
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