Quote of the day
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
Colin Patterson

Born: October 13, 1933
Died: March 9, 1998 (aged 64)
Bio: Colin Patterson FRS, was a British paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London from 1962 to his official retirement in 1993 who specialised in fossil fish and systematics, advocating the transformed cladistics school.






