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Gustav Andreas Tammann

Swiss astonomer (1932-2019).

Born July 24th, 1932 in Göttingen. [ref]

Died January 6th, 2019 at 86 years old in Basel. [ref]

Occupations
astronomer, physicist, university teacher

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon