Quote of the day
I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.
Henri de Mondeville

Born: 1260
Died: 1320 (aged 60)
Bio: Henri de Mondeville, a medieval Frenchman, has been claimed as the "Father of French Surgery". There is some doubt about his birthplace, but it was most likely to have been either the village of Mandeville or Émondeville, both in Normandy.