French linguist, romanist and germanist (1921-2014).
Born December 11th, 1921 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2014 at 92 years old in Poitiers.
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