French ophthalmologist.
Died July 11th, 1912 at 76 years old in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel