U.s. botanist (1869-1954).
Born April 7th, 1869 in Lansing.
Died August 6th, 1954 at 85 years old in Coconut Grove.
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