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Alexander F. I. Forbes
South african astronomer (1871-1959).
Born April 13th, 1871 in Aberdeenshire.
Died May 15th, 1959 at 88 years old in Cape Town.
Occupations
architect, astronomer
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks