Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
William Carey
Born: August 17, 1761
Died: June 9, 1834 (aged 72)
Bio: William Carey was a British missionary, a Particular Baptist minister, a translator and an activist. He also opened the first University in India offering degrees.
Known for:
- Gay and Christian? Yes!
- Means for the Conversion of the Heathens
- A Dictionary of the Mahratta Language (1810)