11 Brilliant Mathematicians Who Died Young

Yutaka Taniyama was a Japanese mathematician who, unfortunately, committed suicide on November 17, 1958, at thirty-three.

Maryam Mirzakhani, the first Iranian and the first woman to receive the Fields medal, died in July 2017 after a fight with breast cancer.

Bernard Riemann was a mathematician who lived during the 19th century and is considered one of the most important mathematicians of his day.

Alfred Clebsch was a German mathematician who made significant contributions to the development of mathematics.

William Clifford suffered several nervous breakdowns, most likely caused by his excessive workload, and he succumbed to TB.

Gotthold Eisenstein was kidnapped and imprisoned by the Prussian army due to his revolutionary activities in the German capital in 1848.

Frank Ramsey was a mathematician who had a chronic liver problem and died at the age of 26 after acquiring jaundice following an operation.

Pavel Urysohn was a Russian mathematician known for his contribution in topology. He drowned while swimming at Brittany, France.

René Gâteaux was a mathematician who lived in France. During World War I, he was fighting against the German army when he died at 26.

Niels Henrik Abel was a mathematician who contracted tuberculosis in December 1828 and died when he was 27.

Evariste Galois was a French mathematician who without a doubt, the most unfortunate of all the mathematical geniuses.