French botanist and mycologist (1878-1949).
Born May 29th, 1878 in Lons-le-Saunier. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1949 at 71 years old in Algiers. [ref]
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