Charles Walter De Vis

English clergyman, botanist and zoologist (1829-1915).

Born May 9th, 1829 in Birmingham.

Died April 30th, 1915 at 85 years old in Brisbane.

Occupations
botanist, cleric, ichthyologist, ornithologist, paleontologist, zoologist

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon