In the year 1920
296 Notable deaths
Teresa of the Andes
Chilean nun of the discalced carmelite order.
Born July 13th, 1900 in Santiago.
Died April 12th, 1920 at 19 years old in Los Andes (typhus).
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Russian noble; titled grand duchess (1854-1920).
Born May 14th, 1854 in Ludwigslust.
Died September 6th, 1920 at 66 years old in Contrexéville (disease).
Božidar Janković
Serbian third army commander (1849-1920).
Born December 7th, 1849 in Belgrade.
Died July 7th, 1920 at 70 years old in Herceg Novi.
Takaki Kanehiro
Japanese navy physician (1849-1920).
Born October 30th, 1849 in Miyazaki, Takaoka.
Died April 13th, 1920 at 70 years old in Roppongi (cerebral hemorrhage).
Panas Myrnyi
Ukrainian writer (1849–1920).
Born May 13th, 1849 in Myrhorod.
Died January 28th, 1920 at 70 years old in Poltava.
Edmund Barton
Australian politician, first prime minister of australia and founding justice of the high court of australia (1849-1920).
Born January 18th, 1849 in Glebe.
Died January 7th, 1920 at 70 years old in Medlow Bath (heart failure).
Benjamin Holt
American inventor.
Born January 1st, 1849 in Concord.
Died December 5th, 1920 at 71 years old in Stockton.
Caroline Alice Elgar
British writer (1848–1920).
Born October 9th, 1848 in Bhuj.
Died April 7th, 1920 at 71 years old in Hampstead (lung cancer).
Harmon Northrop Morse
American chemist (1848–1920).
Born October 15th, 1848 in Cambridge.
Died September 8th, 1920 at 71 years old in Maine.
Adolf Albin
Romanian chess player (1848-1920).
Born September 14th, 1848 in Bucharest.
Died February 1st, 1920 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Lothar von Trotha
German general (1848-1920).
Born July 3rd, 1848 in Magdeburg.
Died March 31st, 1920 at 71 years old in Bonn.
Vincent Arthur Smith
Irish historian and indologist (1843–1920).
Born June 3rd, 1848 in Dublin. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1920 at 71 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Laurent Marqueste
Sculptor from france (1848-1920).
Born June 12th, 1848 in Toulouse.
Died April 5th, 1920 at 71 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Otto Bütschli
German biologist (1848-1920).
Born May 3rd, 1848 in Frankfurt.
Died February 3rd, 1920 at 71 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Louisa Lawson
Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist (1848–1920).
Born February 17th, 1848 in Mudgee.
Died August 12th, 1920 at 72 years old in Gladesville.
James O'Neill
Irish-american theatre actor (1847-1920).
Born November 15th, 1847 in Kilkenny.
Died August 10th, 1920 at 72 years old in New London.
Nathan Zuntz
German physiologist (1847–1920).
Born October 7th, 1847 in Bonn. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1920 at 72 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Alexander Georg Supan
Austrian geographer (1847-1920).
Born March 3rd, 1847 in Innichen.
Died July 7th, 1920 at 73 years old in Wrocław.
Henry Frederick Conrad Sander
German-born horticulturist and botanist (1847-1920).
Born March 4th, 1847 in Bremen.
Died December 23rd, 1920 at 73 years old in Bruges.
Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol
Romanian historian (1847–1920).
Born March 23rd, 1847 in Iași.
Died February 27th, 1920 at 72 years old in Bucharest.
Mathilde Mallinger
Austrian opera singer (1847–1920).
Born February 17th, 1847 in Graz.
Died April 19th, 1920 at 73 years old in Charlottenburg.
Remus von Woyrsch
German field marshal (1847-1920).
Born February 4th, 1847 in Pilczyce.
Died August 6th, 1920 at 73 years old in Pilczyce.
Jacob Schiff
American banker, philanthropist (1847–1920).
Born January 10th, 1847 in Frankfurt. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1920 at 73 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Prince Aloys Franz de Paula Maria
Liechtenstein prince (1846-1920).
Born November 18th, 1846 in Prague. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1920 at 73 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Nectarius of Aegina
Metropolitan of pentapolis (1846–1920).
Born October 1st, 1846 in Silivri.
Died November 8th, 1920 at 74 years old in Athens (cancer).
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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