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In the year 1905
223 Notable deaths
Louis-Ernest Barrias
French sculptor (1841-1905).
Born April 13th, 1841 in former 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1905 at 63 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Richard Claverhouse Jebb
British classical scholar and politician (1841–1905).
Born August 27th, 1841 in Dundee.
Died December 9th, 1905 at 64 years old in Cambridge.
George Henry Boughton
English artist (1833-1905).
Born December 4th, 1833 in Norwich.
Died January 21st, 1905 at 71 years old in West House (heart disease).
Nikolay Benardos
Russian inventor (1842–1905).
Born August 7th, 1842 in Mostove.
Died September 21st, 1905 at 63 years old in Fastiv. [ref]
Thomas James Churchill
13th governor of arkansas.
Born March 10th, 1824 in Louisville.
Died May 14th, 1905 at 81 years old in Little Rock.
Francesco Tamagno
Italian operatic singer (1850–1905).
Born December 28th, 1850 in Turin.
Died August 31st, 1905 at 54 years old in Varese.
Savva Timofeyevich Morozov
Russian businessman (1862–1905).
Born February 15th, 1862 in Orekhovo-Zuyevo.
Died May 26th, 1905 at 43 years old in Cannes.
Lev Lagorio
Russian artist (1827-1905).
Born December 9th, 1827 in Feodosiia. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1905 at 78 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Daniel S. Lamont
American politician (1851–1905).
Born February 9th, 1851 in McGrawville. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1905 at 54 years old in Millbrook.
Franz Overbeck
German protestant theologian (1837-1905).
Born November 16th, 1837 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 26th, 1905 at 67 years old in Basel.
James Mason
Irish chess player, journalist and writer (1849–1905).
Born November 19th, 1849 in Kilkenny.
Died January 12th, 1905 at 55 years old in Rochdale.
Mikhail Dragomirov
Russian general (1830-1905).
Born November 20th, 1830 in Konotop.
Died October 28th, 1905 at 74 years old in Konotop.
Augustus Charles Gregory
Australian explorer (1819-1905).
Born August 1st, 1819 in Farnsfield.
Died June 25th, 1905 at 85 years old in Brisbane.
Victor Borisov-Musatov
Russian artist (1870-1905).
Born April 14th, 1870 in Saratov. [ref]
Died November 8th, 1905 at 35 years old in Tarusa. [ref]
Ignacio Cervantes
Cuban pianist and composer (1847–1905).
Born July 31st, 1847 in Havana.
Died April 29th, 1905 at 57 years old in Havana.
Georg Meissner
German anatomist (1829-1905).
Born November 19th, 1829 in Hanover.
Died March 30th, 1905 at 75 years old in Göttingen.
Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin
Ottoman prince, son of sultan abdulmejid i (1848–1905).
Born December 3rd, 1847 in Istanbul.
Died April 26th, 1905 at 57 years old in Istanbul.
Charles Renard
French designer of airships (1847–1905).
Born November 23rd, 1847 in Damblain. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1905 at 57 years old in Meudon.
Juan Valera
Spanish writer (1824–1905).
Born October 18th, 1824 in Cabra.
Died April 18th, 1905 at 80 years old in Madrid.
William Thomas Blanford
British geologist and naturalist (1832–1905).
Born October 7th, 1832 in London.
Died June 23rd, 1905 at 72 years old in London.
José do Patrocínio
Brazilian writer and journalist (1853-1905).
Born October 9th, 1853 in Campos dos Goytacazes.
Died January 29th, 1905 at 51 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Julius Oppert
Franco-german assyriologist.
Born July 9th, 1825 in Hamburg.
Died August 21st, 1905 at 80 years old in Paris.
Antonin Proust
French journalist and politician (1832-1905).
Born March 10th, 1832 in Niort. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1905 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy
Russian philosopher, professor and rector of the imperial moscow university..
Born August 4th, 1862 in Akhtyrka.
Died October 12th, 1905 at 43 years old in Saint Petersburg (cerebral hemorrhage).
Charles Henri Joseph Cordier
French sculptor (1827–1905).
Born November 1st, 1827 in Cambrai. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1905 at 77 years old in Algiers.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel