Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
Born: 1801
Died: August 12, 1851 (aged 50)
Bio: John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, previously John Elliot Drinkwater, a barrister and law member of the Governor-General's Council, was an Anglo-Indian lawyer and a pioneer in promoting women's education in 19th-century India.
Known for:
- The life of Galileo Galilei
- On Probability (1830)