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In the year 1887
164 Notable deaths
Richard Jefferies
British naturalist and writer (1848–1887).
Born November 6th, 1848 in Swindon.
Died August 14th, 1887 at 38 years old in Worthing.
Henry Mayhew
British writer and activist (1812–1887).
Born November 25th, 1812 in London.
Died July 25th, 1887 at 74 years old in London.
August Vincent Theodore Spies
American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor (1855-1887).
Born December 10th, 1855 in Burg Landeck.
Died November 11th, 1887 at 31 years old in Chicago (hanging to death).
James Buchanan Eads
American civil engineer (1820–1887).
Born May 23rd, 1820 in Lawrenceburg.
Died March 8th, 1887 at 66 years old in Nassau.
Robert Scott
British academic and priest (1811–1887).
Born January 26th, 1811 in South West England.
Died December 2nd, 1887 at 76 years old in Rochester.
John S. Marmaduke
25th governor of missouri (1833 to 1887).
Born March 14th, 1833 in Saline County.
Died December 28th, 1887 at 54 years old in Jefferson City (pneumonia).
Eliza Roxcy Snow
American mormon writer (1804-1887).
Born January 21st, 1804 in Becket. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1887 at 83 years old in Salt Lake City.
Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
Polish noble.
Born February 7th, 1819 in Monastyryshche.
Died March 10th, 1887 at 68 years old in Rome.
Alfred Krupp
German entrepreneur and inventor (1812–1887).
Born April 26th, 1812 in Essen.
Died July 16th, 1887 at 75 years old in Essen (myocardial infarction).
Johann Jakob Bachofen
Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887).
Born December 22nd, 1815 in Basel.
Died November 25th, 1887 at 71 years old in Basel.
J. C. Jacobsen
Danish industrialist and philanthropist (1811—1887).
Born September 2nd, 1811 in Copenhagen.
Died April 30th, 1887 at 75 years old in Rome.
James Speed
American lawyer and politician (1812–1887).
Born March 11th, 1812 in Jefferson County.
Died June 25th, 1887 at 75 years old in Louisville.
Thomas Stevenson
British civil engineer, lighthouse designer and meteorologist.
Born July 22nd, 1818 in Edinburgh.
Died May 8th, 1887 at 68 years old in Edinburgh.
Josef Groll
German businessman (1813–1887).
Born August 21st, 1813 in Vilshofen an der Donau. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1887 at 74 years old in Vilshofen an der Donau. [ref]
Jules Laforgue
Franco-uruguayan poet (1860–1887).
Born August 16th, 1860 in Montevideo.
Died August 20th, 1887 at 27 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Louis Lingg
American anarchist and trade union activist (1864–1887).
Born September 9th, 1864 in Schwetzingen.
Died November 10th, 1887 at 23 years old in Chicago.
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
British politician (1818–1887).
Born October 27th, 1818 in London.
Died January 12th, 1887 at 68 years old in London.
C. F. W. Walther
Founding president of the lutheran church--missouri synod, lutheran theologian, publisher.
Born October 25th, 1811 in Callenberg.
Died May 7th, 1887 at 75 years old in St. Louis.
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
U.s geologist and surgeon (1829-1887).
Born September 7th, 1829 in Westfield. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1887 at 58 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Spencer Fullerton Baird
American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, museum curator, and the 2nd secretary of the smithsonian (1823-1887).
Born February 3rd, 1823 in Reading. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1887 at 64 years old in Woods Hole. [ref]
Luke Pryor Blackburn
American physician and governor of kentucky (1816–1887).
Born June 16th, 1816 in Woodford County.
Died September 14th, 1887 at 71 years old in Frankfort.
Ellen Wood
English writer, editor (1814-1887).
Born January 17th, 1814 in Worcester. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1887 at 73 years old in London. [ref]
Ditlev Gothard Monrad
Danish politician (1811–1887).
Born November 24th, 1811 in Copenhagen.
Died March 28th, 1887 at 75 years old in Nykøbing Falster.
Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
Union united states army general (1824-1887).
Born July 8th, 1824 in Rożnowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Died January 31st, 1887 at 62 years old in New York City.
Horace Jones
British architect (1819–1887).
Born May 20th, 1819 in London.
Died May 21st, 1887 at 68 years old in Devonshire Place.
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They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy