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Margaret Burbidge
British american astronomer (1919-2020).
Born August 12th, 1919 in Davenport.
Died April 5th, 2020 at 100 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Occupations
astronomer, astrophysicist, university teacher
Wikipedia
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks