Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure

Born: February 17, 1740
Died: January 22, 1799 (aged 58)
Bio: Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan and Savoyan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer, often called the founder of alpinism and modern meteorology, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.