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In the year 1906
47 Notable deaths
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859-1906).
Born May 15th, 1859 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1906 at 46 years old in Paris (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Stanford White
American architect (1853-1906).
Born November 9th, 1853 in New York City.
Died June 25th, 1906 at 52 years old in Madison Square Garden.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born June 27th, 1872 in Dayton. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1906 at 33 years old in Dayton (tuberculosis). [ref]
Georgy Gapon
Russian priest (1870-1906).
Born February 17th, 1870 in Bilyky. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1906 at 36 years old in Ozerki (hanging to death).
Mekonnen Welde Mikael
Ethiopian prince (1852–1906).
Died March 21st, 1906 at 53 years old in Ethiopia (typhus).
James Stephen Hogg
20th governor of texas (1891-1895).
Born March 24th, 1851 in Rusk.
Died March 3rd, 1906 at 54 years old in Houston (railway accident).
Alfred Beit
German born businessman and mining magnate in south africa (1853-1906).
Born February 15th, 1853 in Hamburg.
Died July 16th, 1906 at 53 years old in Welwyn.
Elizabeth of the Trinity
French carmelite nun and mystic.
Born July 18th, 1880 in Bourges.
Died November 9th, 1906 at 26 years old in Dijon (Addison's disease).
Swami Rama Tirtha
Indian teacher of the hindu philosophy of vedanta (1873–1906).
Born October 22nd, 1873 in presidencies and provinces of British India.
Died October 27th, 1906 at 33 years old in New Tehri (drowning).
Anton Arensky
Russian composer, pianist and professor of music.
Born August 11th, 1861 in Veliky Novgorod.
Died February 25th, 1906 at 44 years old in Zelenogorsk (tuberculosis). [ref]
Princess Louise of Denmark
Danish princess (1875–1906).
Born February 17th, 1875 in Copenhagen.
Died April 4th, 1906 at 31 years old in Ratibořice (drowning).
Archduke Otto of Austria
Austrian archduke (1865-1906).
Born April 21st, 1865 in Graz.
Died November 1st, 1906 at 41 years old in Vienna (syphilis).
Spencer Gore
British tennis player (1850-1906).
Born March 10th, 1850 in Wimbledon.
Died April 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Ramsgate.
Frederic William Maitland
British historian.
Born May 28th, 1850 in London. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Gran Canaria (pneumonia). [ref]
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
American chess player (1872-1906).
Born December 5th, 1872 in Somerville.
Died June 17th, 1906 at 33 years old in Philadelphia (syphilis).
Dame Gruev
Bulgarian revolutionary from macedonia.
Born January 19th, 1871 in Smilevo.
Died December 23rd, 1906 at 35 years old in Maleshevo.
William Rainey Harper
American academic administrator (1856-1906).
Born July 26th, 1856 in New Concord.
Died January 10th, 1906 at 49 years old in Chicago.
Paul Dresser
American musician (1858–1906).
Born April 22nd, 1858 in Terre Haute, Paul Dresser Birthplace.
Died January 31st, 1906 at 47 years old in New York City.
Kodama Gentarō
Japanese general (1852-1906).
Born March 16th, 1852 in Japan.
Died July 23rd, 1906 at 54 years old in Tokyo (cerebral hemorrhage).
Princess Mathilde of Bavaria
Bavarian princess and poet (1877-1906).
Born August 17th, 1877 in Lindau.
Died August 6th, 1906 at 28 years old in Davos (tuberculosis).
Jean Lorrain
French symbolist poet and novelist.
Born August 9th, 1855 in Fécamp. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1906 at 50 years old in Paris (peritonitis). [ref]
Paul Drude
German physicist specializing in optics.
Born July 12th, 1863 in Brunswick. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1906 at 42 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Ernst Josephson
Swedish artist (1851-1906).
Born April 16th, 1851 in Stockholm.
Died November 22nd, 1906 at 55 years old in Stockholm.
Kosta Khetagurov
Ossetian poet (1859-1906).
Born October 15th, 1859 in Nar.
Died April 1st, 1906 at 46 years old in Selo imeni Kosta Khetagurova.
William Wrede
German lutheran theologian (1859-1906).
Born May 10th, 1859 in Bücken. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1906 at 47 years old in Wrocław. [ref]
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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman