Simon Schwendener (10 February 1829 – 27 May 1919) was a Swiss botanist who was a native of Buchs in the Canton of St. Gallen.
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Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit