French inventor.
Born October 5th, 1864 in Besançon. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1948 at 83 years old in Bandol. [ref]
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