Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
John Ayrton Paris

Born: 1785
Died: December 24, 1856 (aged 71)
Bio: John Ayrton Paris, FRS was a British physician. He is most widely remembered as a possible inventor of the thaumatrope, which he published with W. Phillips in April 1825.
Known for:
- The Life of Sir Humphry Davy (1831)
- Medical Jurisprudence (1823)






