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William Diller Matthew

American paleontologist (1871–1930).

Born February 19th, 1871 in Saint John.

Died September 24th, 1930 at 59 years old in San Francisco.

Occupations
paleontologist, taxonomist, zoologist

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs