Marston Morse — American Mathematician born on March 24, 1892, died on June 22, 1977

Harold Calvin Marston Morse was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the technique of differential topology now known as Morse theory. In 1933 he was awarded the BĂ´cher Memorial Prize for his work in mathematical analysis... (wikipedia)

Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth.
But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched by the same madness and genius.