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January 21st
202 Notable deaths
Arthur Lyon Bowley
English statistician and economist (1869–1957).
Born November 6th, 1869 in Bristol.
Died January 21st, 1957 at 87 years old in Surrey.
Ernst Herzfeld
German archaeologist.
Born July 23rd, 1879 in Celle. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1948 at 68 years old in Basel. [ref]
Guillaume Lekeu
Belgian composer (1870-1894).
Born January 20th, 1870 in Verviers.
Died January 21st, 1894 at 24 years old in Angers (typhoid fever).
E. B. Ford
British ecological geneticist (1901-1988).
Born April 23rd, 1901 in Papcastle.
Died January 21st, 1988 at 86 years old in Oxford.
David Riazanov
Russian-soviet political revolutionary, marxist theoretician, and archivist.
Born March 10th, 1870 in Odesa.
Died January 21st, 1938 at 67 years old in Saratov (gunshot wound).
Valérie André
Veteran of the french resistance, neurosurgeon, aviator, first female general officer.
Born April 21st, 1922 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died January 21st, 2025 at 102 years old in Issy-les-Moulineaux. [ref]
Dixie Bibb Graves
American politician (1882-1965).
Born July 26th, 1882 in Montgomery.
Died January 21st, 1965 at 82 years old in Montgomery.
Marie Smith Jones
Last speaker of the eyak language.
Born May 14th, 1918 in Cordova.
Died January 21st, 2008 at 89 years old in Anchorage. [ref]
James Henry Thomas
Welsh trade unionist and politician (1874-1949).
Born October 3rd, 1874 in Newport.
Died January 21st, 1949 at 74 years old in London.
Lotte Laserstein
German artist (1898–1993).
Born November 28th, 1898 in Pasłęk.
Died January 21st, 1993 at 94 years old in Kalmar.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir