Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
George Bird Grinnell
Born: September 20, 1849
Died: April 11, 1938 (aged 88)
Bio: George Bird Grinnell was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer. Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in 1870 and a Ph.D. in 1880.
Known for:
- The Indian Volume 1
- George Bird Grinnell papers