Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
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