French engineer (1850-1880).
Born May 31st, 1850 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1880 at 30 years old in Paris. [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