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In the year 1909
64 Notable deaths
Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema
British artist (1852–1909).
Born April 16th, 1852 in London.
Died August 15th, 1909 at 57 years old in Hindhead.
Vere St. Leger Goold
Irish tennis player (1853–1909).
Born October 2nd, 1853 in Waterford.
Died September 8th, 1909 at 55 years old in Devil's Island.
Clorinda Matto de Turner
Peruvian writer, thinker, politician, journalist, and translator (1854–1909).
Born November 11th, 1854 in Coya. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1909 at 54 years old in Buenos Aires.
Futabatei Shimei
Japanese author, translator and literary critic (1864–1909).
Born February 28th, 1864. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1909 at 45 years old in Bay of Bengal (pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis).
Innokenty Annensky
Russian poet, critic and translator.
Born September 1st, 1855 in Omsk. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1909 at 54 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Walther Ritz
Swiss physicist (1878-1909).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in Sion.
Died July 7th, 1909 at 31 years old in Göttingen (tuberculosis).
Ruperto Chapí
Spanish composer (1851–1909).
Born March 27th, 1851 in Villena.
Died March 25th, 1909 at 57 years old in Madrid.
Alfred Messel
German architect (1853-1909).
Born July 22nd, 1853 in Darmstadt. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1909 at 55 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Eva Bonnier
Swedish painter (1857-1909).
Born November 17th, 1857 in Stockholm.
Died January 13th, 1909 at 51 years old in Copenhagen.
Robert Hausmann
German musician.
Born August 13th, 1852 in Rottleberode.
Died January 19th, 1909 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Paul Gerber
German physicist (1854–1909).
Born January 1st, 1854 in Berlin.
Died August 13th, 1909 at 55 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Ferdinand Ferber
French army captain and aviator (1862-1909).
Born February 8th, 1862 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1909 at 47 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer (aircraft crash).
Giacinto Morera
Italian mathematician (1856-1909).
Born August 18th, 1856 in Novara.
Died February 8th, 1909 at 52 years old in Turin (pneumonia).
Ivar Arosenius
Swedish artist (1878-1909).
Born October 8th, 1878 in Göteborgs Kristine församling.
Died January 2nd, 1909 at 30 years old (hemophilia). [ref]
Marjory Wardrop
English historian, translator, writer.
Born November 11th, 1869 in Poplar.
Died December 7th, 1909 at 40 years old in Bucharest.
Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin
Yiddish playwright.
Born May 1st, 1853 in Myrhorod. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1909 at 56 years old in New York City. [ref]
Bertha Townsend
Us tennis player (1869-1909).
Born March 7th, 1869 in Philadelphia.
Died May 12th, 1909 at 40 years old in Haverford.
Karl Krumbacher
German byzantinist (1856-1909).
Born September 23rd, 1856 in Wiggensbach.
Died December 12th, 1909 at 53 years old in Munich.
Charles-Louis Philippe
French writer.
Born August 4th, 1874 in Cérilly. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1909 at 35 years old in Paris (typhus). [ref]
Alfredo Oriani
Italian writer.
Born August 22nd, 1852 in Faenza. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1909 at 57 years old in Ravenna, Casola Valsenio. [ref]
Alexandre Charpentier
French artist (1856-1909).
Born June 10th, 1856 in Paris. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1909 at 52 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Karel Halíř
Czech violinist (1859-1909).
Born February 1st, 1859 in Vrchlabí. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1909 at 50 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Giovanni Vailati
Italian philosopher (1863–1909).
Born April 24th, 1863 in Crema.
Died May 14th, 1909 at 46 years old in Rome.
Mezidemestan Kadın
Sixth consort of ottoman sultan abdul hamid ii.
Born March 3rd, 1869 in Ganja.
Died January 21st, 1909 at 39 years old in Istanbul.
Witold Wojtkiewicz
Polish painter (1879-1909).
Born December 29th, 1879 in Warsaw.
Died June 14th, 1909 at 29 years old in Warsaw (heart failure).
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran