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 Thompson Sedgwick
Born: December 29, 1855
Died: January 25, 1921 (aged 65)
Bio: William Thompson Sedgwick was a teacher, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, and a key figure in shaping public health in the United States.
Known for:
- A short history of science
- An Introduction to General Biology (1895)
- General Biology (1886)







