In the year 1901
212 Notable deaths
Nikolaos Gyzis
Greek artist (1842-1901).
Born March 1st, 1842 in Tinos.
Died January 4th, 1901 at 58 years old in Munich.
Henry Peach Robinson
British photographer (1830–1901).
Born July 9th, 1830 in Ludlow.
Died February 21st, 1901 at 70 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Brooke Westcott
British bishop, scholar and theologian (1825–1901).
Born January 12th, 1825 in Birmingham.
Died July 27th, 1901 at 76 years old in Durham.
William Stubbs
British historian and anglican bishop (1825–1901).
Born June 21st, 1825 in Knaresborough.
Died April 22nd, 1901 at 75 years old in Cuddesdon.
Adolf Fick
German-born physician and physiologist (1829-1901).
Born September 3rd, 1829 in Kassel. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1901 at 71 years old in Blankenberge.
Joseph Noel Paton
British artist (1821-1901).
Born December 13th, 1821 in Dunfermline.
Died December 28th, 1901 at 80 years old in Edinburgh.
Oreste Baratieri
Italian general (1841-1901).
Born November 13th, 1841 in Condino.
Died August 7th, 1901 at 59 years old in Sterzing.
Mandell Creighton
English historian and clergyman (1843–1901); bishop of the church of england from 1897 to 1901.
Born July 5th, 1843 in Carlisle.
Died January 14th, 1901 at 57 years old in Fulham Palace.
George Leslie Mackay
First presbyterian missionary to northern taiwan (1844-1901).
Born March 21st, 1844 in Embro.
Died June 2nd, 1901 at 57 years old in Tamsui District (laryngeal cancer).
August Friedrich Schenk
German-french painter (1828–1901).
Born April 23rd, 1828 in Glückstadt.
Died January 1st, 1901 at 72 years old in Écouen.
William Ellery Channing
American writer and poet (1818–1901).
Born November 29th, 1818 in Boston.
Died December 23rd, 1901 at 83 years old in Concord.
Walter Besant
English novelist and historian (1836–1901).
Born August 14th, 1836 in Portsmouth. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1901 at 64 years old in Frognal. [ref]
Marko Miljanov
Author from montenegro.
Born April 25th, 1833 in Medun.
Died February 15th, 1901 at 67 years old in Herceg Novi. [ref]
Januária, Countess of Aquila
Princess of brazil (1822-1901).
Born March 11th, 1822 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died March 13th, 1901 at 79 years old in Nice.
Cornelius Gurlitt
German composer (1820-1901).
Born February 10th, 1820 in Altona.
Died June 17th, 1901 at 81 years old in Altona.
George FitzGerald
Irish physicist (1851–1901).
Born August 3rd, 1851 in Dublin.
Died February 21st, 1901 at 49 years old in Dublin.
Clara Maass
American nurse.
Born June 28th, 1876 in New Jersey.
Died August 24th, 1901 at 25 years old in Havana (yellow fever).
Zénobe Gramme
Belgian electrical engineer and inventor.
Born April 4th, 1826 in Jehay.
Died January 20th, 1901 at 74 years old in Bois-Colombes (liver cirrhosis).
Peter Guthrie Tait
Scottish mathematical physicist (1831–1901).
Born April 28th, 1831 in Dalkeith.
Died July 4th, 1901 at 70 years old in Edinburgh.
Lev Ivanov
Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, creator of a "swan lake" (1834–1901).
Born March 2nd, 1834 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1901 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Leopoldo Alas
Spanish author (1852–1901).
Born April 25th, 1852 in Zamora.
Died June 13th, 1901 at 49 years old in Oviedo (anal cancer). [ref]
Max Joseph von Pettenkofer
Bavarian chemist and hygienist (1818–1901).
Born December 3rd, 1818.
Died February 10th, 1901 at 82 years old in Munich (gunshot wound).
Edward Stafford
Prime minister of new zealand (1819-1901).
Born April 23rd, 1819 in Edinburgh.
Died February 14th, 1901 at 81 years old in London.
Edward Watkin
English mp and railway entrepreneur.
Born September 26th, 1819 in Salford.
Died April 13th, 1901 at 81 years old in Northenden.
August Malmström
Swedish artist (1829-1901).
Born October 14th, 1829 in Västra Ny församling. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1901 at 72 years old in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 212
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine