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Hermann Minkowski
German mathematician and physicist.
Born June 22nd, 1864 in Aleksotas. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1909 at 44 years old in Göttingen (appendicitis). [ref]
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