1882–1961
Percy Williams Bridgman
American physicist
79years old at death
28,975days lived
69%of the people on this site died younger
Percy Williams Bridgman was born on 21 April 1882 and died on 20 August 1961, aged 79 years and 121 days. That is 28,975 days in all.
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