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Robert Coleman Richardson

American physicist.

Born June 26th, 1937 in Washington, D.C..

Died February 19th, 2013 at 75 years old in Ithaca.

Occupations
physicist, professor

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon