1885–1966
George de Hevesy
Hungarian chemist
80years old at death
29,557days lived
72%of the people on this site died younger
George de Hevesy was born on 1 August 1885 and died on 5 July 1966, aged 80 years and 338 days. That is 29,557 days in all.
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