Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Richard Henry Beddome

Born: May 11, 1830
Died: February 23, 1911 (aged 80)
Bio: Colonel Richard Henry Beddome was a British military officer and naturalist in India who became chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department.