Quote of the day
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
William Bourne
Born: 1535
Died: 1582 (aged 47)
Bio: William Bourne was an English mathematician, innkeeper and former Royal Navy gunner who presented the first design for a navigable submarine and wrote important navigational manuals. He is often called William Bourne of Gravesend.