1840–1905
Ernst Abbe
German physicist
64years old at death
23,732days lived
39%of the people on this site died younger
Ernst Abbe was born on 23 January 1840 and died on 14 January 1905, aged 64 years and 357 days. That is 23,732 days in all.
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