Quote of the day
Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
M. M. Pattison Muir
Born: 1848
Died: 1931 (aged 83)
Bio: Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, FRSE, FCS was a chemist and author. He taught chemistry at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and was head of the Caius Laboratory there.
Known for:
- A treatise on the principles of chemistry (1884)
- The Chemical Elements (1897)