Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
William Morris Davis
Born: February 12, 1850
Died: February 5, 1934 (aged 83)
Bio: William Morris Davis was an American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist, often called the "father of American geography".
Known for:
- Elementary meteorology (1894)
- Practical Exercises in Physical Geography (1901)
- The Coral Reef Problem (1928)
- Nimrod of the Sea: Or, The American Whaleman (1874)
- A Handbook of Northern France (1918)