Karel Jaromír Erben

Czech archivist, poet, ethnographer, librettist, publicist, lawyer, translator and writer (1811–1870).

Born November 7th, 1811 in Miletín. [ref]

Died November 27th, 1870 at 59 years old in Prague (tuberculosis). [ref]

Occupations
archivist, collector, collector of fairy tales, editor, ethnographer, folklorist, historian, journalist, jurist, musicologist, poet, prose writer, translator, writer

The idea is to die young as late as possible. Ashley Montagu