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378 Notable deaths
in Cambridge
Edmund Leach
British social anthropologist (1910–1989).
Born November 7th, 1910 in Lancashire, Sidmouth. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1989 at 78 years old in Cambridge.
Sidney Coleman
American physicist (1937–2007).
Born March 7th, 1937 in Chicago.
Died November 18th, 2007 at 70 years old in Cambridge.
Charles Galton Darwin
British physicist (1887–1962).
Born December 18th, 1887 in Cambridge.
Died December 31st, 1962 at 75 years old in Cambridge.
Frederick Hopkins
English biochemist.
Born June 20th, 1861 in Eastbourne.
Died May 16th, 1947 at 85 years old in Cambridge.
Archibald Hill
English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977).
Born September 26th, 1886 in Bristol.
Died June 3rd, 1977 at 90 years old in Cambridge.
Henry Hallett Dale
English pharmacologist, nobel laureate (1875–1968).
Born June 9th, 1875 in Islington.
Died July 23rd, 1968 at 93 years old in Cambridge.
Edwin Muir
British poet, novelist and translator (1887-1959).
Born May 15th, 1887 in Deerness.
Died January 3rd, 1959 at 71 years old in Cambridge.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
American physicist (1899–1980).
Born March 13th, 1899 in Middletown.
Died October 27th, 1980 at 81 years old in Cambridge.
Jack Goody
British anthropologist (1919-2015).
Born July 27th, 1919 in Hammersmith.
Died July 16th, 2015 at 95 years old in Cambridge.
James Mirrlees
Scottish economist (1936-2018).
Born July 5th, 1936 in Minnigaff.
Died August 29th, 2018 at 82 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
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