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.
William Crawford Williamson

Born: November 24, 1816
Died: June 23, 1895 (aged 78)
Bio: William Crawford Williamson was an English naturalist and palaeobotanist.
Known for:
- Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist
- On the Recent Foraminifera of Great Britain (1858)