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Ferdinand von Hochstetter

German geologist (1829–1884).

Born April 30th, 1829 in Esslingen am Neckar.

Died July 18th, 1884 at 55 years old in Oberdöbling, Vienna.

Occupations
botanical collector, botanist, geographer, geologist, naturalist, professor, surveyor

For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker