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.
George Rolleston
Born: July 30, 1829
Died: June 16, 1881 (aged 51)
Bio: George Rolleston MA MD FRCP FRS was an English physician and zoologist. He was the first Linacre Professor of Anatomy and Physiology to be appointed at the University of Oxford, a post he held from 1860 until his death in 1881.
Known for:
- Report on Smyrna (1856)
- The Harveian Oration, 1873 (1873)