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Hermann Staudinger

German chemist, winner of the 1953 nobel prize in chemistry.

Born March 23rd, 1881 in Worms. [ref]

Died September 9th, 1965 at 84 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]

Occupations
chemist, engineer, university teacher
Wikipedia

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