In the year 1908
230 Notable deaths
Charles Augustus Young
American astronomer (1834–1908).
Born December 15th, 1834 in Hanover.
Died January 3rd, 1908 at 73 years old in Hanover (pneumonia).
Eduard Glaser
Austrian archaeologist (1855–1908).
Born March 15th, 1855 in Podbořanský Rohozec.
Died May 7th, 1908 at 53 years old in Munich.
Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse
British astronomer (1840-1908).
Born November 17th, 1840 in Birr.
Died August 29th, 1908 at 67 years old
William Kenyon-Slaney
British politician (1847-1908).
Born August 24th, 1847 in Rajkot.
Died April 24th, 1908 at 60 years old in Shifnal.
Aasta Hansteen
Norwegian artist and writer (1824-1908).
Born December 10th, 1824 in Christiania.
Died April 13th, 1908 at 83 years old in Christiania.
Louis-Honoré Fréchette
Canadian poet, politician and playwright (1839-1908).
Born November 16th, 1839 in Lévis.
Died May 31st, 1908 at 68 years old in Montreal.
René Panhard
French engineer, merchant, and pioneer of the automobile industry in france (1841-1908).
Born May 27th, 1841 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 16th, 1908 at 67 years old in La Bourboule. [ref]
Otto Pfleiderer
German protestant theologian (1839-1908).
Born September 1st, 1839 in Kernen im Remstal.
Died July 18th, 1908 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Edith Pechey
British physician and campaigner for women's rights (1845-1908).
Born October 7th, 1845 in Langham.
Died April 14th, 1908 at 62 years old in Folkestone (breast cancer).
Franz von Leydig
German zoologist and comparative anatomist (1821–1908).
Born May 21st, 1821 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
Died April 13th, 1908 at 86 years old in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. [ref]
Volodymyr Antonovych
Ukrainian historian.
Born January 18th, 1834 in Chernobyl, Makhnivka. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1908 at 74 years old in Kyiv (pneumonia). [ref]
Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević
Croatian poet (1865–1908).
Born February 17th, 1865 in Senj.
Died October 29th, 1908 at 43 years old in Sarajevo.
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
German entomologist and arachnologist (1825-1908).
Born November 8th, 1825 in Regensburg.
Died November 1st, 1908 at 82 years old in Nuremberg.
Svatopluk Čech
Czech poet, publicist and bookwriter (1846–1908).
Born February 21st, 1846 in Ostředek. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1908 at 62 years old in Holešovice (arterial embolism, intestinal perforation). [ref]
Friedrich Traun
German tennis player (1876-1908).
Born March 29th, 1876 in Wandsbek.
Died July 11th, 1908 at 32 years old in Hamburg.
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard
Catholic cardinal (1819-19086).
Born March 1st, 1819 in Nantes.
Died January 28th, 1908 at 88 years old in Paris.
François-Auguste Gevaert
Belgian composer (1828–1908).
Born July 31st, 1828 in Huysse-Lozère.
Died December 24th, 1908 at 80 years old in Brussels.
Clara Novello
English soprano singer (1818–1908).
Born June 10th, 1818 in London.
Died March 12th, 1908 at 89 years old in Rome. [ref]
Thorvald Bindesbøll
Danish architect (1846-1908).
Born July 21st, 1846 in Copenhagen.
Died August 27th, 1908 at 62 years old in Frederiksberg.
Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov
Russian general (1830-1908).
Born November 13th, 1830 in Leipzig.
Died April 20th, 1908 at 77 years old in Yalta.
Alfred Mathieu Giard
French zoologist.
Born August 8th, 1846 in Valenciennes.
Died August 8th, 1908 at 62 years old in Orsay.
Artur Azevedo
Brazilian writer.
Born July 7th, 1855 in São Luís.
Died October 22nd, 1908 at 53 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Jean Albert Gaudry
French scientist (1827–1908).
Born September 15th, 1827 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Died November 27th, 1908 at 81 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
German botanist (1817–1908).
Born November 6th, 1817 in Stralsund.
Died July 10th, 1908 at 90 years old in Sopot.
Adolf Kirchhoff
German classical philologist and epigrapher (1826–1908).
Born January 6th, 1826 in Berlin.
Died February 27th, 1908 at 82 years old in Berlin.
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black