Edgar Alexander Mearns

American ornithologist and field naturalist (1856-1916).

Born September 11th, 1856 in Highland Falls.

Died November 1st, 1916 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C..

Occupations
botanical collector, botanist, military physician, naturalist, ornithologist, scientific collector, surgeon, 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