Quote of the day
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
Johann Joachim Becher
Born: May 6, 1635
Died: 1682 (aged 46)
Bio: Johann Joachim Becher was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar and adventurer, best known for his development of the phlogiston theory of combustion, and his advancement of Austrian cameralism.