Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Warren Upham
Born: 1850
Died: 1934 (aged 84)
Bio: Warren Upham was a geologist, archaeologist, and librarian who is best known for his studies of glacial Lake Agassiz. Upham worked as a geologist in New Hampshire before moving in 1879 to Minnesota to study the resources and glacial geology of that state.
Known for:
- Minnesota geographic names (1920)
- The geology of central and western Minnesota (1880)