Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Wilbur S. Jackman

Born: 1855
Died: January 28, 1907 (aged 52)
Bio: Wilbur Samuel Jackman was an American educator and one of the originators of the nature study movement. Shortly after he was born in Mechanicstown, Ohio, his family moved to California, Pennsylvania where he spent his boyhood growing up on a farm.
Known for:
- Nature Study for the Common Schools (1891)
- Number Work in Nature Study (1893)