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Joseph Swan
British physicist and inventor (1828-1914).
Born October 31st, 1828 in Sunderland. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1914 at 85 years old in Surrey. [ref]
Occupations
chemist, inventor, physicist
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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