German botanist (1857-1946).
Born February 17th, 1857 in Ulyanovo, Kaliningrad Oblast.
Died January 19th, 1946 at 88 years old in Jena.
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