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September 12th
179 Notable deaths
John Garstang
British archaeologist (1876-1956).
Born May 5th, 1876 in Blackburn. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1956 at 80 years old in Beirut. [ref]
Andrei Chemerkin
Russian weightlifter.
Born February 17th, 1972 in Solnechnodolsk.
Died September 12th, 2025 at 53 years old [ref]
William Henry Chamberlin
American historian and journalist (1897-1969).
Born February 17th, 1897 in Brooklyn.
Died September 12th, 1969 at 72 years old in St. Moritz.
Marion Wallace Dunlop
British artist and suffragette (1864-1942).
Born December 22nd, 1865 in Inverness.
Died September 12th, 1942 at 76 years old in Guildford.
Atef Ebeid
Egyptian politician (1932-2014).
Born April 14th, 1932 in Tanta.
Died September 12th, 2014 at 82 years old [ref]
Henry Chandler Cowles
American botanist (1869-1939).
Born February 27th, 1869 in Connecticut.
Died September 12th, 1939 at 70 years old in Chicago.
Maxime Bôcher
United states mathematician.
Born August 28th, 1867 in Boston.
Died September 12th, 1918 at 51 years old in Cambridge.
Ovide Decroly
Belgian psychologist.
Born July 23rd, 1871 in Ronse.
Died September 12th, 1932 at 61 years old in Uccle.
Lubomír Beneš
Czech animator, director and author (1935-1995).
Born November 7th, 1935 in Prague.
Died September 12th, 1995 at 59 years old in Roztoky.
Edgar Wind
German-born british interdisciplinary art historian.
Born May 14th, 1900 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1971 at 71 years old in London. [ref]
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris