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378 Notable deaths
in Cambridge
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet and educator (1807–1882).
Born February 27th, 1807 in Portland.
Died March 24th, 1882 at 75 years old in Cambridge (peritonitis).
Clive James
Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939–2019).
Born October 7th, 1939 in Kogarah.
Died November 24th, 2019 at 80 years old in Cambridge (leukemia). [ref]
Benoit Mandelbrot
Polish-born, french and american mathematician (1924–2010).
Born November 20th, 1924 in Warsaw.
Died October 14th, 2010 at 85 years old in Cambridge (pancreatic cancer).
Alfred North Whitehead
English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947).
Born February 15th, 1861 in Ramsgate.
Died December 30th, 1947 at 86 years old in Cambridge.
Lise Meitner
Austrian-swedish physicist.
Born November 7th, 1878 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1968 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Henry Murray
American psychologist and academic (1893–1988).
Born May 13th, 1893 in New York City.
Died June 23rd, 1988 at 95 years old in Cambridge.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Canadian-american economist and diplomat (1908–2006).
Born October 15th, 1908 in Iona Station.
Died April 29th, 2006 at 97 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Louise Glück
U.s. poet and nobel laureate (1943–2023).
Born April 22nd, 1943 in New York City.
Died October 13th, 2023 at 80 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]
Thomas Kuhn
American historian, physicist and philosopher (1922 – 1996).
Born July 18th, 1922 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1996 at 73 years old in Cambridge (lung cancer).
James Chadwick
English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932.
Born October 20th, 1891 in Bollington.
Died July 24th, 1974 at 82 years old in Cambridge.
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