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In the year 1902
200 Notable deaths
Richard Leach Maddox
English photographer, inventor and physician (1816–1902).
Born August 4th, 1816 in England.
Died May 11th, 1902 at 85 years old in Southampton.
Teresa Stolz
Czech opera singer.
Born June 5th, 1834 in Kostelec nad Labem. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1902 at 68 years old in Milan. [ref]
Thomas Sidney Cooper
English landscape painter (1803-1902).
Born September 26th, 1803 in Canterbury.
Died February 7th, 1902 at 98 years old in Harbledown.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-altenburger royal.
Born April 14th, 1843 in Munich.
Died May 22nd, 1902 at 59 years old in Serrahn.
Otto Eckmann
German painter and graphic artist (1865-1902).
Born November 19th, 1865 in Hamburg.
Died June 11th, 1902 at 36 years old in Badenweiler (tuberculosis).
Lars Hertervig
Norwegian artist (1830-1902).
Born February 16th, 1830 in Borgøy.
Died January 6th, 1902 at 71 years old in Stavanger.
Mark Antokolski
Russian sculptor (1840–1902).
Born November 2nd, 1843 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1902 at 58 years old in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. [ref]
Martín Tovar y Tovar
Venezuelan painter (1827-1902).
Born February 10th, 1827 in Caracas.
Died December 17th, 1902 at 75 years old in Caracas.
Thomas Dunn English
American state and federal politician (1819-1902).
Born June 29th, 1819 in Philadelphia.
Died April 1st, 1902 at 82 years old in Newark.
Jehan Georges Vibert
French academic painter (1840-1902).
Born September 30th, 1840 in rue de Lancry.
Died July 26th, 1902 at 61 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Antanas Baranauskas
Lithuanian poet, mathematician and bishop (1835–1902).
Born January 17th, 1835 in Anykščiai.
Died November 26th, 1902 at 67 years old in Sejny.
Mariano Escobedo
Mexican army general and politician (1826–1902).
Born January 16th, 1826 in Galeana Municipality.
Died May 22nd, 1902 at 76 years old in Tacubaya.
Liu Kunyi
Chinese politician (1830-1902).
Born January 21st, 1830 in Xinning County.
Died October 6th, 1902 at 72 years old in Beijing.
Cato Maximilian Guldberg
Mathematician and chemist from norway.
Born August 11th, 1836 in Christiania.
Died January 14th, 1902 at 65 years old in Christiania.
Marie Zakrzewska
Polish-american physician.
Born September 6th, 1829 in Berlin. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1902 at 72 years old in Boston.
Salomon Jadassohn
German composer (1831–1902).
Born August 13th, 1831 in Wrocław.
Died February 1st, 1902 at 70 years old in Leipzig.
Emil Holub
Czech physician, explorer, cartographer and ethnographer (1847-1902).
Born October 7th, 1847 in Holice. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1902 at 54 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Charles Kendall Adams
American educator and historian (1835–1902).
Born January 24th, 1835 in Derby.
Died July 26th, 1902 at 67 years old in Redlands.
Hans von Pechmann
German chemist (1850–1902).
Born April 1st, 1850 in Nuremberg.
Died April 19th, 1902 at 52 years old in Tübingen (intoxication).
August Klughardt
German composer (1847-1902).
Born November 30th, 1847 in Köthen.
Died August 3rd, 1902 at 54 years old in Dessau.
Charles Dadant
American beekeeper (1817–1902).
Born May 20th, 1817 in Vaux-sous-Aubigny.
Died July 26th, 1902 at 85 years old in Hamilton.
Luis Candido Lopez
Argentine artist (1840-1902).
Born August 29th, 1840 in Buenos Aires.
Died December 31st, 1902 at 62 years old in Buenos Aires.
Adolf Kußmaul
German surgeon (1822–1902).
Born February 22nd, 1822 in Graben-Neudorf.
Died May 28th, 1902 at 80 years old in Heidelberg.
John Whiteaker
American politician (1820–1902).
Born May 4th, 1820 in Dearborn County.
Died October 2nd, 1902 at 82 years old in Eugene.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe