Icelandic grammarian and philologist (1808-1891).
Born July 3rd, 1808 in Langamýri.
Died January 4th, 1891 at 82 years old in Copenhagen.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson