Bartel Leendert van der Waerden

Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics (1903–1996).

Born February 2nd, 1903 in Amsterdam.

Died January 12th, 1996 at 92 years old in Zurich.

Occupations
historian, historian of mathematics, mathematician, university teacher

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine