Charles Hard Townes

20th-century american physicist.

Born July 28th, 1915 in Greenville.

Died January 27th, 2015 at 99 years old in Oakland. [ref]

Occupations
inventor, nuclear physicist, physicist, university teacher
Wikipedia

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson