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10 Notable deaths
by dysentery
Thomas Baines
British expedition artist (1820-1875).
Born November 27th, 1820 in King's Lynn.
Died May 8th, 1875 at 54 years old in Durban (dysentery).
Robert Ward Johnson
American politician (1814-1879).
Born July 22nd, 1814 in Scott County.
Died July 26th, 1879 at 65 years old in Little Rock (dysentery).
Adolf Furtwängler
German classical archaeologist (1853-1907).
Born June 30th, 1853 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died October 10th, 1907 at 54 years old in Athens (dysentery).
Fruto Chamorro
1st president of nicaragua (1804-1855).
Born October 20th, 1804 in Guatemala City.
Died March 12th, 1855 at 50 years old in Granada (dysentery).
Helene von Druskowitz
Austrian writer and philosopher (1856–1918).
Born May 2nd, 1858 in Hietzing.
Died May 31st, 1918 at 60 years old (dysentery).
Charles John Andersson
Swedish explorer (1827–1867).
Born March 5th, 1828 in Norra Råda församling, Älvdalen.
Died July 9th, 1867 at 39 years old in Namibia (dysentery).
Thomas Seddon
English landscape painter (1821-1856).
Born August 28th, 1821 in City of London.
Died November 23rd, 1856 at 35 years old in Cairo (dysentery).
Rudolf Hasse
German racing driver (1906–1942).
Born May 30th, 1906 in Mittweida.
Died August 12th, 1942 at 36 years old in Makiivka (dysentery).
Eberhard Fraas
German palaeontologist and geologist (1862-1915).
Born June 26th, 1862 in Stuttgart.
Died March 6th, 1915 at 52 years old in Stuttgart (dysentery).
Ludwig Preller
German classical philologist and writer (1809–1861).
Born September 15th, 1809 in Hamburg.
Died June 21st, 1861 at 51 years old in Weimar (dysentery).
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