Jón Sigurðsson

Leader of the 19th-century icelandic independence movement (1811-1879).

Born June 17th, 1811 in Hrafnseyri.

Died December 7th, 1879 at 68 years old in Copenhagen.

Occupations
historian, philologist, politician

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson