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German entomologist (1817–1893).
Born May 30th, 1817 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1893 at 76 years old in Cambridge.
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