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4 Notable deaths
by mountaineering accident
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902–1924).
Born April 8th, 1902 in Birkenhead.
Died June 9th, 1924 at 22 years old in Mount Everest (mountaineering accident). [ref]
Jacques Herbrand
French mathematician (1908–1931).
Born February 12th, 1908 in Paris.
Died July 27th, 1931 at 23 years old in Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans (mountaineering accident).
John Hopkinson
British physicist and electrical engineer (1849–1898).
Born July 27th, 1849 in Manchester.
Died August 27th, 1898 at 49 years old in Petite Dent de Veisivi, Val d'Hérens (mountaineering accident).
Francis Maitland Balfour
British biologist (1851–1882).
Born November 10th, 1851 in Edinburgh.
Died July 19th, 1882 at 30 years old in Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey (mountaineering accident).
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