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Sydney Chapman
British mathematician and geophysicist.
Born January 29th, 1888 in Manchester.
Died June 16th, 1970 at 82 years old in Boulder.
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