Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Thomas Edward Thorpe
Born: December 8, 1845
Died: February 23, 1925 (aged 79)
Bio: Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe CB, FRS, often called Edward Thorpe, was a British chemist.
Known for:
- A dictionary of applied chemistry (1890)
- Essays in historical chemistry (1894)
- History of chemistry (1909)