Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Joseph Cummings

Born: March 3, 1817
Died: May 7, 1890 (aged 73)
Bio: Joseph Cummings was the president of Wesleyan University from 1857-1875, president of Northwestern University from 1881-1890, and had been president of the predecessor of Syracuse University from 1854 to 1857.