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Hermann Kantorowicz

German jurist (1877–1940).

Born November 18th, 1877 in Poznań.

Died February 12th, 1940 at 62 years old in Cambridge.

Occupations
jurist, university teacher

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon