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.
Edward Berdoe
Born: March 7, 1836
Died: March 2, 1916 (aged 79)
Bio: Dr Edward Collis Berdoe was an English physician and author who wrote on the works of Robert Browning and campaigned against medical experiments on human patients and animals.
Known for:
- The Browning cyclopaedia (1892)
- Browning's message to his time (1890)
- A Primer Of Browning (1904)