Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Karl Taylor Compton
Born: September 14, 1887
Died: June 22, 1954 (aged 66)
Bio: Karl Taylor Compton was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1930 to 1948.
Known for:
- The Battle of the Alchemists
- Scientists Face the World of 1942 (1942)