1850–1891
Sofia Kovalevskaya
19th-century Russian mathematician
41years old at death
15,001days lived
8%of the people on this site died younger
Sofia Kovalevskaya was born on 15 January 1850 and died on 10 February 1891, aged 41 years and 26 days. That is 15,001 days in all.
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