Henry Nicholas Ridley

English botanist and geologist (1855–1956).

Born December 10th, 1855 in Norfolk.

Died October 24th, 1956 at 100 years old in Kew.

Occupations
botanical collector, botanist, geologist, mycologist, pteridologist, scientific collector

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel