Third son and fourth child of louis ii, grand duke of hesse.
Born July 15th, 1823 in Darmstadt.
Died December 15th, 1888 at 65 years old in Darmstadt.
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks