Alan MacDiarmid

New zealand chemist (1927-2007).

Born April 14th, 1927 in Masterton. [ref]

Died February 7th, 2007 at 79 years old in Drexel Hill (fall). [ref]

Occupations
chemist, engineer, university teacher
Wikipedia

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