Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

German paleontologist (1902-1982).

Born November 13th, 1902 in Berlin.

Died July 10th, 1982 at 79 years old in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.

Occupations
anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist, paleoanthropologist, paleontologist, prehistorian, university teacher

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