John Pentland Mahaffy

Irish classicist and polymathic scholar (1839–1919).

Born February 26th, 1839 in Vevey.

Died April 30th, 1919 at 80 years old in Dublin.

Occupations
classical philologist, composer, historian, literary scholar, man of letters, translator, university teacher, writer

We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi