Ed Ricketts

American marine biologist (1897-1948).

Born May 14th, 1897 in Chicago.

Died May 11th, 1948 at 50 years old in Salinas (railway accident).

Occupations
biologist, ecologist, marine biologist, novelist, philosopher, writer, zoologist
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks