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Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of baltic german origin (1891-1956).
Born September 30th, 1891 in Mogilev.
Died September 7th, 1956 at 64 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Occupations
astronomer, explorer, geographer, geophysicist, mathematician, physicist, politician, psychoanalyst, statesperson, traveler, 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