1922–1996
Thomas Kuhn
American historian, physicist and philosopher
73years old at death
26,998days lived
58%of the people on this site died younger
Thomas Kuhn was born on 18 July 1922 and died on 17 June 1996, aged 73 years and 335 days. That is 26,998 days in all.
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