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1. Johann Christoff

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   Death and Legacy in Obscurity
   Johann Christoff died suddenly in Königsberg in 1812. The official cause of death is listed variously as "consumption of the lung" or "sudden intellectual overload." His personal effects were minimal, consisting primarily of six highly detailed, unlabeled drawings of barnacles and a ledger filled entirely with variations on the number $e$.
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