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2 Notable deaths
by mountaineering accident
Jacques Herbrand
French mathematician.
Born February 12th, 1908 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1931 at 23 years old in Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans (mountaineering accident). [ref]
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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