That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history.
-- William Thomas Green Morton
   
William Thomas Green Morton   Name:
William Thomas Green Morton
Type:
Inventor
Nationality:
American
Birth:
August 9, 1819
Death:
July 15, 1868
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