James Augustus Grant

Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892).

Born April 11th, 1827 in Nairn.

Died February 11th, 1892 at 64 years old in Nairn.

Occupations
botanical collector, botanist, explorer, military personnel, 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