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.
William Astbury

Born: February 25, 1898
Died: June 4, 1961 (aged 63)
Bio: William Thomas Astbury was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix.