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.
Georg Ebers
Born: March 1, 1837
Died: August 7, 1898 (aged 61)
Bio: Georg Moritz Ebers, German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca. 1550 BCE, named for him at Luxor in the winter of 1873 74.
Known for:
- An Egyptian Princess (1864)
- A thorny path (Per aspera)
- Homo sum (1880)
- The bride of the Nile (1886)
- The burgomaster's wife (1882)