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378 Notable deaths
 in Cambridge

Owen Thomas Jones

Welsh geologist (1878-1967).

Born April 16th, 1878 in Beulah.

Died May 5th, 1967 at 89 years old in Cambridge.

John Lax

American ice hockey player (1911-2001).

Born July 23rd, 1911 in Massachusetts.

Died July 14th, 2001 at 89 years old in Cambridge.

Hugo Leichtentritt

German-jewish musicologist and composer (1874–1951).

Born January 1st, 1874 in Poznań.

Died November 13th, 1951 at 77 years old in Cambridge.

W. H. Gaskell

British biologist (1847–1914).

Born November 1st, 1847 in Naples.

Died September 7th, 1914 at 66 years old in Cambridge.

Margaret Mayall

American astronomer (1902-1995).

Born January 27th, 1902 in Cecil County. [ref]

Died December 6th, 1995 at 93 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Seymour Cromwell

American rower (1934-1977).

Born February 17th, 1934 in New York City.

Died May 2nd, 1977 at 43 years old in Cambridge (cancer).

Charles Schlee

American racing cyclist (1873-1947).

Born July 21st, 1873 in Copenhagen.

Died January 5th, 1947 at 73 years old in Cambridge.

Edward Alexander Newell Arber

British palaeobotanist (1870-1918).

Born August 5th, 1870 in London.

Died June 14th, 1918 at 47 years old in Cambridge.

Hugh Hamshaw Thomas

British botanist and historian of science (1885-1962).

Born May 29th, 1885 in Wrexham. [ref]

Died June 30th, 1962 at 77 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Blanche Wheeler Williams

Archeologist and teacher (1870–1936).

Born January 9th, 1870 in Concord.

Died December 9th, 1936 at 66 years old in Cambridge.

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