Quote of the day
Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.
George Frederick Barker

Born: July 14, 1835
Died: May 24, 1910 (aged 74)
Bio: George Frederick Barker was an American physician and scientist. He graduated at the Yale Scientific School in 1858. He was successively chemical assistant in Harvard Medical School in 1858 1859 and 1860 1861, professor of chemistry and geology in Wheaton College.
Known for:
- Memoir of John William Draper: 1811-1882 (1886)
- The correlation of vital and physical forces (1870)






