[texaslonghorn5]

And even Abel and Galois completed their most important work near the end of their lives.

[sverhagen]

I had to read up on these folks to understand that one of them was shot dead at 20, and the other attracted tuberculosis and died at 26.

[cperciva]

Pretty sure you mean "contracted" TB, but the typo did provide a humourous mental image.

[sverhagen]

I probably did. ESL, in over my head.

[mLuby]

Your first clause is complex and correct so you're doing just fine. :)

[rob74]

...so even at the end of their lives they would have still easily qualified for the Fields Medal. Maybe they should receive a posthumous honorary one. Or maybe they already did?

[raverbashing]

Yes I think Galois deserves a Fields in his name

[uKVZe85V]

Well, not the same, but Galois did get fields in his name, actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois_field . Is that what you intended?

[raverbashing]

Yes, that's the joke ;)