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David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich

German botanist (1800–1888).

Born October 3rd, 1800 in Ziegenhain.

Died December 22nd, 1888 at 88 years old in Jena.

Occupations
artist, botanist

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