American writer and academic who helped found the library of america.
Born August 4th, 1912 in Chicago. [ref]
Died April 30th, 2016 at 103 years old in Cambridge (pneumonia). [ref]
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon