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William Brewster

American ornithologist.

Born July 5th, 1851 in Wakefield.

Died July 11th, 1919 at 68 years old in Cambridge.

Occupations
ornithologist, 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