Gavriil Ilizarov

Soviet physician and inventor (1921-1992).

Born June 15th, 1921 in Białowieża.

Died July 24th, 1992 at 71 years old in Kurgan (heart failure).

Occupations
inventor, orthopedic surgeon, physician
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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