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378 Notable deaths
in Cambridge
Piero Sraffa
Italian economist (1898–1983).
Born August 5th, 1898 in Turin.
Died September 3rd, 1983 at 85 years old in Cambridge.
Chao Yuen Ren
Chinese-american linguist and educator (1892–1982).
Born November 3rd, 1892 in Tianjin.
Died February 25th, 1982 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
David J. C. MacKay
Regius professor of engineering at the university of cambridge (1967-2016).
Born April 22nd, 1967 in Stoke-on-Trent. [ref]
Died April 14th, 2016 at 48 years old in Cambridge (stomach cancer). [ref]
Josiah Royce
American philosopher (1855–1916).
Born November 20th, 1855 in Grass Valley.
Died September 14th, 1916 at 60 years old in Cambridge.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
American soldier, unitarian minister and author (1823–1911).
Born December 22nd, 1823 in Cambridge.
Died May 9th, 1911 at 87 years old in Cambridge.
Roscoe Pound
American legal scholar and educator (1870–1964).
Born October 27th, 1870 in Lincoln.
Died July 1st, 1964 at 93 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Joyce Hatto
English musician (1928-2006).
Born September 5th, 1928 in London.
Died June 29th, 2006 at 77 years old in Cambridge (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Judith Jarvis Thomson
American philosopher (1929-2020).
Born October 4th, 1929 in United States, New York City. [ref]
Died November 20th, 2020 at 91 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Aaron Klug
British chemist and biophysicist.
Born August 11th, 1926 in Želva.
Died November 20th, 2018 at 92 years old in Cambridge.
Otto Robert Frisch
Austrian-born british nuclear physicist.
Born October 1st, 1904 in Vienna.
Died September 22nd, 1979 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
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