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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

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs