James Theodore Bent

British archaeologist.

Born March 30th, 1852 in Bradford. [ref]

Died May 5th, 1897 at 45 years old in London. [ref]

Occupations
anthropologist, archaeologist

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde