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 Henry Smyth
Born: January 21, 1788
Died: September 8, 1865 (aged 77)
Bio: Admiral William Henry Smyth was an English naval officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist.
Known for:
- Ædes Hartwellianæ (1851)
- Addenda to the Ædes Hartwellianae (1864)
- Sidereal chromatics (1864)