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Petre Mihai Bănărescu

Romanian ichthyologist (1921–2009).

Born September 15th, 1921 in Craiova.

Died May 12th, 2009 at 87 years old in Bucharest.

Occupations
hydrobiologist, ichthyologist, zoologist

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