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 Lydekker
Born: July 25, 1849
Died: April 16, 1915 (aged 65)
Bio: Richard Lydekker was an English naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history.
Known for:
- The royal natural history (1893)
- The horse and its relatives (1912)
- Life and rock
- The sheep and its cousins (1912)