The historian Ernest Renan died at the age of 69. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Historian and acclaimed author of the immensely popular Life of Jesus. He was known for his political theories on nationalism and national identity.
He was raised by his older sister Henriette after his father passed away when he was five years old.
Quotes
"The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
"Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why.
"In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.
"Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.
"All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles.