Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892).
Born April 11th, 1827 in Nairn.
Died February 11th, 1892 at 64 years old in Nairn.
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