Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
John Gould
Born: September 14, 1804
Died: February 3, 1881 (aged 76)
Bio: John Gould FRS was an English ornithologist and bird artist.
Known for:
- The Birds of Australia (1848)
- The Mammals of Australia (1845)
- Handbook to the Birds of Australia (1865)
- John Gould's birds of Great Britain
- The birds of Great Britain (1862)