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Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science (1854-1912).

Born April 29th, 1854 in Nancy.

Died July 17th, 1912 at 58 years old in Paris (embolism). [ref]

Occupations
astronomer, engineer, mathematician, philosopher, philosopher of science, physicist, polymath, topologist, university teacher, writer

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