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Martinus Wilhelm Beijerinck
Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931).
Born March 16th, 1851 in Amsterdam.
Died January 1st, 1931 at 79 years old in Gorssel.
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