Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Ralph Lane

Born: 1530
Died: 1603 (aged 73)
Bio: Sir Ralph Lane was an English explorer of the Elizabethan era. He was part of the unsuccessful attempt in 1585 to colonise Roanoke Island, North Carolina. He also served the Crown in Ireland and was knighted by the Queen in 1593.