1915–2015
Charles Hard Townes
20th-century American physicist
99years old at death
36,343days lived
99%of the people on this site died younger
Charles Hard Townes was born on 28 July 1915 and died on 27 January 2015, aged 99 years and 183 days. That is 36,343 days in all.
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