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Wilhelm Wattenbach
German paleographer (1819–1897).
Born September 22nd, 1819 in Rantzau.
Died September 20th, 1897 at 77 years old in Frankfurt.
Occupations
archivist, historian, palaeographer, university teacher, writer
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe