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Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez

French admiral (1808-1871).

Born April 24th, 1808 in Brest.

Died September 10th, 1871 at 63 years old in Paris.

Occupations
Officer of the French Navy, explorer, politician

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs