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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951).

Born June 16th, 1867 in Askainen. [ref]

Died January 27th, 1951 at 83 years old in Lausanne (bowel obstruction).

Occupations
author, explorer, military officer, politician, statesperson

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde