David Wheeler

British computer scientist (1927–2004).

Born February 9th, 1927 in Birmingham.

Died December 13th, 2004 at 77 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Occupations
computer scientist, cryptographer, university teacher

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs