British academic (1879-1957).
Born January 26th, 1879 in Surbiton. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1957 at 78 years old in Hartford. [ref]
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