Russian zoologist.
Born April 6th, 1862 in Helsinki.
Died February 23rd, 1939 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel