The mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan attempted to end his life

Srinivasa Ramanujan is a brilliant mathematician who nearly died by throwing himself under the wheels of a London Underground train in February 1918. Very depressed, weakened and demoralized by his declining health and the food in the hospital establishments where he was staying, the young man took action before his nomination to the Royal Society restored his morale. This suicide attempt was part of a period of serious health problems, which ended tragically with his death in 1920 at the age of 32.