Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
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)