Russian orientalist.
Born August 1st, 1818 in Yug. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1896 at 77 years old in Saint Petersburg.
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