Quote of the day
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people, as no historical reconstruction can.
Kenneth Mellanby

Born: March 26, 1908
Died: December 23, 1993 (aged 85)
Bio: Major Kenneth Mellanby CBE was an English ecologist and entomologist. He received the OBE for his work on the scabies mite.
Known for:
- Pesticides and pollution (1967)
- The mole (1971)
- Farming and wildlife (1981)
- Can Britain feed itself? (1975)
- Human Guinea Pigs (1945)