Friedrich Johann Karl Becke

Austrian mineralogist (1855–1931).

Born December 31st, 1855 in Prague. [ref]

Died June 18th, 1931 at 75 years old in Vienna. [ref]

Occupations
mineralogist, petrographer, university teacher

You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman