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Igor Shafarevich

Soviet and russian mathematician (1923-2017).

Born June 3rd, 1923 in Zhytomyr.

Died February 19th, 2017 at 93 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Occupations
human rights activist, mathematician, 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