Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Henry Walter Bates
Born: February 8, 1825
Died: February 16, 1892 (aged 67)
Bio: Henry Walter Bates was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, starting in 1848.
Known for:
- The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863)
- In the Heart of the Amazon Forest
- Illustrated travels (1869)