Quote of the day
One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.
George W. Corner

Born: December 12, 1889
Died: September 28, 1981 (aged 91)
Bio: George Washington Corner FRS FRSE was an American physician, embryologist and pioneer of the contraceptive pill. He received an outstanding ten honorary degrees from various universities. He played a critical role in the discovery of progesterone.
Known for:
- The hormones in human reproduction (1942)
- Anatomy and Physiology (1930)
- The Scientific Basis of Morality (1899)






