Quote of the day
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
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)