Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
John Ray
Born: November 29, 1627
Died: January 17, 1705 (aged 77)
Bio: John Ray was an English naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. Until 1670, he wrote his name as John Wray.
Known for:
- De Historia piscium
- Methodus plantarum nova
- Historia Plantarum
- The correspondence of John Ray