Aleksandr Fomin

Russian-soviet botanist (1867-1935).

Born May 14th, 1867 in Kondol.

Died October 16th, 1935 at 68 years old in Kyiv.

Occupations
botanical collector, botanist, scientific collector, 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