Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Jacob Bigelow
Born: February 27, 1787
Died: January 10, 1879 (aged 91)
Bio: Jacob Bigelow was an American physician and botanist. He was architect of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the father of physician Henry Jacob Bigelow.
Known for:
- American medical botany (1817)
- Elements of technology
- A treatise on the materia medica