1888–1966
Frits Zernike
Dutch physicist
77years old at death
28,360days lived
65%of the people on this site died younger
Frits Zernike was born on 16 July 1888 and died on 10 March 1966, aged 77 years and 237 days. That is 28,360 days in all.
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