Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger ( February 11 , 1836 â `` March 2 , 1907 ) was a prominent Russian mathematician , botanist and philosopher .
Simplified: Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger ( February 11 , 1836 , Moscow , Russia â `` March 2 , 1907 , Moscow , Russia ) was a Russian mathematician .