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Alexander Grothendieck
German-born french mathematician (1928–2014).
Born March 28th, 1928 in Berlin. [ref]
Died November 13th, 2014 at 86 years old in Saint-Lizier. [ref]
Occupations
mathematician, university teacher
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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi