French diplomat and entrepreneur, developer of the suez canal (1805–1894).
Born November 19th, 1805 in Versailles.
Died December 7th, 1894 at 89 years old in Guilly.
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