Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
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)






