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 Playfair
Born: March 10, 1748
Died: July 20, 1819 (aged 71)
Bio: John Playfair was a Scottish scientist and mathematician, and a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.
Known for:
- Elements of geometry (1806)
- Infection and Immunity