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Joseph Valentin Boussinesq

French mathematician and physicist (1842-1929).

Born March 13th, 1842 in Saint-André-de-Sangonis.

Died February 19th, 1929 at 86 years old in Paris.

Occupations
hydraulic engineer, mathematician, physicist, school teacher, university teacher

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche