Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Ira Remsen
Born: February 10, 1846
Died: March 4, 1927 (aged 81)
Bio: Ira Remsen was a chemist who, along with Constantin Fahlberg, discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin. He was the second president of Johns Hopkins University.
Known for:
- A College Text-book of Chemistry (1901)
- Principles of theoretical chemistry (1877)
- An Introduction to the Study of Chemistry (1886)