French mathematician (1819–1885).
Born August 30th, 1819 in Paris.
Died March 2nd, 1885 at 65 years old in Versailles.
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