Leonid Kantorovich

Russian mathematician (1912-1986).

Born January 15th, 1912 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Died April 7th, 1986 at 74 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Occupations
economist, mathematician, university teacher
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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