Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
William Crookes
Born: June 17, 1832
Died: April 4, 1919 (aged 86)
Bio: Sir William Crookes was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875.
Known for:
- Researches in the Phenomena of Spiritualism (1874)
- Diamonds (1905)