Quote of the day
Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.
René Just Haüy
Born: February 28, 1743
Died: June 3, 1822 (aged 79)
Bio: René Just Haüy was a French mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame. He is often referred to as the Father of Modern Crystallography.







