Barton Warren Evermann

American ichthyologist (1853–1932).

Born October 24th, 1853 in Albia.

Died September 27th, 1932 at 78 years old in Berkeley.

Occupations
biologist, botanical collector, ichthyologist, scientific collector, university teacher, writer, zoologist

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde