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

For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker