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American astronomer.
Born December 29th, 1854 in Lisbon.
Died June 5th, 1931 at 76 years old in Boston.
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