Evgeny Paton

Ukrainian and soviet scientist and engineer (1870–1953).

Born March 5th, 1870 in Nice. [ref]

Died August 12th, 1953 at 83 years old in Kyiv.

Occupations
civil engineer, engineer, politician, university teacher
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner