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Ernst Mayr
German-american evolutionary biologist (1904-2005).
Born July 5th, 1904 in Kempten. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 2005 at 100 years old in Bedford. [ref]
Occupations
biologist, curator, ornithologist, philosopher, university teacher, writer, zoologist
Wikipedia
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