Quote of the day
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
William Kitchiner

Born: 1775
Died: 1827 (aged 52)
Bio: William Kitchiner M.D. was an English optician, inventor of telescopes, amateur musician and exceptional cook. His name was a household word during the 19th century, and his 1822 cookbook, The Cook's Oracle, was a bestseller in England and the United States.
Known for:
- The economy of the eyes (1824)
- The Cook's Oracle, and Housekeeper's Manual






