William Thurston

American mathematician (1946–2012).

Born October 30th, 1946 in Washington, D.C..

Died August 21st, 2012 at 65 years old in Rochester (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
mathematician, topologist, university teacher
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde