Canadian mathematician (1863-1932).
Born May 14th, 1863 in Hamilton. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1932 at 69 years old in Toronto. [ref]
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