Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
John George Wood

Born: July 21, 1827
Died: March 3, 1889 (aged 61)
Bio: John George Wood, or Rev J. G. Wood,, was an English writer who popularised natural history with his writings.
Known for:
- Animate creation
- The Popular Natural History (1876)
- The Common Objects of the Country (1858)
- The Fresh and Salt-water Aquarium (1868)