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Percy Alexander MacMahon

British mathematician (1854-1929).

Born September 26th, 1854 in Sliema.

Died December 25th, 1929 at 75 years old in Bognor Regis.

Occupations
mathematician

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