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Adriaan van Maanen
Dutch astronomer (1884–1946).
Born March 31st, 1884 in Sneek.
Died January 26th, 1946 at 61 years old in Pasadena.
Occupations
astronomer, non-fiction writer
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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