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Albert Francis Blakeslee

American botanist (1874-1954).

Born November 8th, 1874 in Geneseo.

Died November 16th, 1954 at 80 years old in Northampton.

Occupations
botanist, geneticist, mycologist, university teacher

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel