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