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In the year 1924
299 Notable deaths
Henrietta Ward
British painter (1832-1924).
Born June 1st, 1832 in London.
Died July 12th, 1924 at 92 years old in Slough.
Herman Heijermans
Dutch playwright (1864–1924).
Born December 3rd, 1864 in Rotterdam.
Died November 22nd, 1924 at 59 years old in Zandvoort (cancer).
Stepan Levitsky
Russian chess player (1876–1924).
Born April 13th, 1876 in Zadonsk.
Died March 21st, 1924 at 47 years old in Nizhnyaya Tura.
Adolphus William Ward
British historian (1837-1924).
Born December 2nd, 1837 in Hampstead.
Died June 19th, 1924 at 86 years old in Cambridge.
Nelson Annandale
Scottish entomologist, anthropologist, and herpetologist (1876–1924).
Born June 15th, 1876 in Edinburgh.
Died April 10th, 1924 at 47 years old in Kolkata.
Franz Schwechten
German architect (1841–1924).
Born August 12th, 1841 in Cologne.
Died August 11th, 1924 at 82 years old in Berlin.
Robert J. Gamble
American politician (1851-1924).
Born February 7th, 1851 in Genesee County.
Died September 22nd, 1924 at 73 years old in Sioux Falls.
Artur de Sacadura Cabral
Portuguese aviation pioneer.
Born May 23rd, 1881 in Celorico da Beira.
Died November 15th, 1924 at 43 years old in North Sea.
Semyon Novgorodov
Yakut politician and linguist (1892-1924).
Born February 13th, 1892 in Churapchinsky District.
Died February 28th, 1924 at 32 years old in Yakutsk.
Bernard Zweers
Dutch composer (1854-1924).
Born May 18th, 1854 in Amsterdam.
Died December 9th, 1924 at 70 years old in Amsterdam.
Kai Nielsen
Danish sculptor (1882-1924).
Born November 26th, 1882 in Svendborg. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1924 at 41 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
André Vacherot
French tennis player (1877–1924).
Born June 5th, 1877 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 22nd, 1924 at 46 years old in Rouen.
Hermann Kretzschmar
German teacher, performer, musicologist and author (1848-1924).
Born January 19th, 1848 in Olbernhau.
Died May 10th, 1924 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Charles William Andrews
British palaeontologist.
Born October 30th, 1866 in Hampstead.
Died May 25th, 1924 at 57 years old
Theodor Hertzka
Hungarian-austrian economist and journalist.
Born July 13th, 1845 in Pest. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1924 at 79 years old in Wiesbaden.
Laure Conan
Canadian writer (1845-1924).
Born January 9th, 1845 in La Malbaie.
Died June 6th, 1924 at 79 years old in Quebec City.
Amélie Beaury-Saurel
French painter (1848-1924).
Born December 19th, 1848 in Barcelona.
Died May 30th, 1924 at 75 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Antoni Piotrowski
Polish artist (1853-1924).
Born September 7th, 1853 in Nietulisko Duże.
Died December 12th, 1924 at 71 years old in Warsaw.
Theodore Thurston Geer
American politician (1851-1924).
Born March 12th, 1851 in Salem.
Died February 21st, 1924 at 72 years old in Portland.
Teodor Teodorov
Bulgarian politician (1859-1924).
Born March 26th, 1859 in Elena.
Died August 4th, 1924 at 65 years old in Borovets. [ref]
Edmond Picard
Belgian jurist, writer (1836–1924).
Born December 15th, 1836 in Brussels.
Died February 19th, 1924 at 87 years old in Dave.
Kazimieras Būga
Lithuanian linguist (1879-1924).
Born November 6th, 1879 in Pažiegė.
Died December 2nd, 1924 at 45 years old in Königsberg.
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Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus