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379 Notable deaths
in Cambridge
Harrie Massey
Australian physicist (1908-1983).
Born May 16th, 1908 in St Kilda.
Died November 27th, 1983 at 75 years old in Cambridge.
Egon Orowan
Physicist (1902-1989).
Born August 2nd, 1902 in Budapest.
Died August 3rd, 1989 at 87 years old in Cambridge.
Robert Gerhard
Catalan composer and musical scholar and writer (1896–1971).
Born September 25th, 1896 in Valls.
Died January 5th, 1970 at 73 years old in Cambridge.
D. G. Champernowne
British mathematician and economist.
Born July 9th, 1912 in Oxford. [ref]
Died August 19th, 2000 at 88 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Erich von Hornbostel
Austrian ethnomusicologist (1877–1935).
Born February 25th, 1877 in Vienna.
Died November 28th, 1935 at 58 years old in Cambridge.
John Newport Langley
British physiologist (1852-1925).
Born November 2nd, 1852 in Newbury.
Died November 5th, 1925 at 73 years old in Cambridge.
Maxime Bôcher
American mathematician (1867–1918).
Born August 28th, 1867 in Boston.
Died September 12th, 1918 at 51 years old in Cambridge.
Margaret Ayer Barnes
American playwright, novelist, short story writer (1886–1967).
Born June 16th, 1886 in Chicago.
Died October 25th, 1967 at 81 years old in Cambridge.
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
American astronomer (1824–1896).
Born September 27th, 1824 in Boston.
Died November 26th, 1896 at 72 years old in Cambridge.
David J. Thouless
British physicist (1934–2019).
Born September 21st, 1934 in Bearsden. [ref]
Died April 6th, 2019 at 84 years old in Cambridge (dementia). [ref]
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