Quote of the day
Here I am, in Quaker surroundings, whose restful simplicity is most congenial to me. I feel here the earnest desire for genuine growth and culture which founds a slow but sure success. I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.
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)