John William Draper

British-american academic (1811-1882).

Born May 5th, 1811 in St Helens.

Died January 4th, 1882 at 70 years old in Hastings-on-Hudson.

Occupations
chemist, historian, philosopher, photographer, physicist, physiologist, university teacher, writer

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