David Samuel Margoliouth

British orientalist (1858–1940).

Born October 17th, 1858 in London.

Died March 22nd, 1940 at 81 years old in London.

Occupations
historian, orientalist, translator

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde