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
Frank Kingdon-Ward
![Frank Kingdon-Ward](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: November 6, 1885
Died: April 8, 1958 (aged 72)
Bio: Francis Kingdon-Ward, born Francis Kingdon Ward was an English botanist, explorer, plant collector and author. He published most of his books as Frank Kingdon-Ward and this hyphenated form of his name stuck, becoming the surname of his wives and two daughters.
Known for:
- In the land of the blue poppies
- A, Plant Hunter in Tibet (1934)
- The land of the blue poppy (1913)
- Burma's Icy Mountains (1949)