English astronomer and astronomer royal (1868–1939).
Born January 8th, 1868 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Died May 25th, 1939 at 71 years old in Cape Town.
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