In the year 1903
183 Notable deaths
Carl Snoilsky
Swedish poet, diplomat and numismatist (1841-1903).
Born September 8th, 1841 in Klara Church Parish.
Died May 19th, 1903 at 61 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
Hermann Wendland
German botanist and gardener (1825-1903).
Born October 1st, 1825 in Hanover.
Died January 12th, 1903 at 77 years old in Hanover.
Leopold Gegenbauer
Austrian mathematician (1849–1903).
Born February 2nd, 1849 in Asperhofen.
Died June 3rd, 1903 at 54 years old in Gießhübl.
Carl Gegenbaur
German scientist (1826–1903).
Born August 21st, 1826 in Würzburg.
Died June 14th, 1903 at 76 years old in Heidelberg.
Gustaaf Schlegel
Dutch dutch sinologist and field ornithologist (1840-1903).
Born September 30th, 1840 in Oegstgeest.
Died October 15th, 1903 at 63 years old in Leiden.
Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko
Polish noble (1842-1903).
Born August 28th, 1842 in Tarnów. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1903 at 60 years old in Bolzano.
Hermann Zumpe
German conductor and composer (1850–1903).
Born April 9th, 1850 in Oppach.
Died September 4th, 1903 at 53 years old in Munich.
Konstantinos Paspatis
Greek tennis player (1878-1903).
Born June 5th, 1878 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1903 at 24 years old in Athens. [ref]
Johann Baptist von Anzer
German bishop and missionary (1851-1903).
Born May 16th, 1851 in Tännesberg.
Died November 24th, 1903 at 52 years old in Rome.
Isydor Vorobkevych
Ukrainian composer (1836-1903).
Born May 17th, 1836 in Chernivtsi. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1903 at 67 years old in Chernivtsi. [ref]
Julius Victor Carus
German zoologist (1823-1903).
Born August 25th, 1823 in Leipzig.
Died March 10th, 1903 at 79 years old in Leipzig.
Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber
French physician, botanist, and military officer (1830-1903).
Born May 17th, 1830 in Wolfisheim.
Died July 27th, 1903 at 73 years old in Paris.
Mikhail Stepanovich Voronin
Russian botanist (1838-1903).
Born August 2nd, 1838 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 5th, 1903 at 64 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).
Jesús de Monasterio
Spanish composer (1836-1903).
Born March 21st, 1836 in Potes.
Died September 28th, 1903 at 67 years old in Cabezón de la Sal.
Rudolf Falb
Austrian popularizer of natural history (1838-1903).
Born April 13th, 1838 in Obdach.
Died September 29th, 1903 at 65 years old in Schöneberg.
Jean-Baptiste Clément
French chansonnier, poet and writer (1836–1903).
Born May 31st, 1836 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died February 23rd, 1903 at 66 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
François Crépin
Belgian botanist (1830-1903).
Born October 30th, 1830 in Rochefort.
Died April 30th, 1903 at 72 years old in Brussels.
Arthur Milchhöfer
German archaeologist (1852–1903).
Born March 21st, 1852 in Kutuzovo.
Died December 7th, 1903 at 51 years old in Kiel.
Eusebio Blasco
Spanish journalist, poet and playwright (1844–1903).
Born April 28th, 1844 in Zaragoza.
Died February 25th, 1903 at 58 years old in Madrid.
Alexander von Homeyer
German ornithologist and entomologist (1834-1903).
Born January 19th, 1834 in Splietsdorf.
Died July 14th, 1903 at 69 years old in Greifswald.
Heinrich Carl Haussknecht
German botanist (1838-1903).
Born November 30th, 1838 in Bennungen.
Died July 7th, 1903 at 64 years old in Weimar.
Giovanni Costa
Italian painter (1826-1903).
Born October 15th, 1826 in Rome.
Died January 31st, 1903 at 76 years old in Pisa, Marina di Pisa.
Lucien Martinet
French rower (1879–1903).
Born March 3rd, 1879 in Bourges.
Died June 10th, 1903 at 24 years old in Paris.
Sophus Ruge
German ethnologist (1831–1903).
Born March 26th, 1831 in Dorum.
Died December 23rd, 1903 at 72 years old in Klotzsche.
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That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis