Quote of the day
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Born: August 20, 1779
Died: August 7, 1848 (aged 68)
Bio: Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius, named by himself and contemporary society as Jacob Berzelius, was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry.