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In the year 1852
38 Notable deaths
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852).
Born December 10th, 1815 in London.
Died November 27th, 1852 at 36 years old in Marylebone (uterine cancer).
Nikolai Gogol
Russian writer of ukrainian origin (1809–1852).
Born April 1st, 1809 in Velyki Sorochyntsi. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1852 at 42 years old in Moscow.
Louis Braille
French organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired.
Born January 4th, 1809 in Coupvray.
Died January 6th, 1852 at 43 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Augustus Pugin
English architect and designer (1812–1852).
Born March 1st, 1812 in Bloomsbury.
Died September 14th, 1852 at 40 years old in Ramsgate.
Amir Kabir
Prime minister of iran (1807-1852).
Born January 9th, 1807 in Hazaveh.
Died January 10th, 1852 at 45 years old in Kashan (assassination, exsanguination).
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852).
Born October 2nd, 1817 in Munich.
Died November 1st, 1852 at 35 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Casimir Lefaucheux
French gunsmith (1802–1852).
Born January 26th, 1802 in Bonnétable.
Died August 9th, 1852 at 50 years old in Paris.
Gotthold Eisenstein
German mathematician (1823–1852).
Born April 16th, 1823 in Berlin.
Died October 11th, 1852 at 29 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis).
Andrew Jackson Downing
American horticulturist, nurseryman and landscape architect (1815 - 1852).
Born October 31st, 1815 in Newburgh.
Died July 28th, 1852 at 36 years old in Hudson River (conflagration).
John Lloyd Stephens
American explorer, writer, and diplomat (1805–1852).
Born November 28th, 1805 in Shrewsbury.
Died October 13th, 1852 at 46 years old in New York City (liver disease).
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg
Austrian prince (1800-1852).
Born October 2nd, 1800 in Český Krumlov.
Died April 5th, 1852 at 51 years old in Vienna (cerebrovascular disease).
Sara Coleridge
British poet, translator, editor, writer (1802–1852).
Born December 23rd, 1802 in Greta Hall.
Died May 3rd, 1852 at 49 years old in London (breast cancer).
Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland
Swedish prince (1827–1852).
Born June 18th, 1827 in Haga Palace.
Died September 24th, 1852 at 25 years old in Christiania (typhoid fever).
Marie Lafarge
French murderer (1816–1852).
Born January 15th, 1816 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 7th, 1852 at 36 years old in Ussat (tuberculosis).
Álvares de Azevedo
Brazilian poet, essayist, short story writer and playwright.
Born September 12th, 1831 in São Paulo.
Died April 25th, 1852 at 20 years old in Rio de Janeiro (tuberculosis).
Nicolae Bălcescu
Romanian journalist and historian (1819–1852).
Born June 29th, 1819 in Bucharest.
Died November 29th, 1852 at 33 years old in Palermo (tuberculosis).
Horatio Greenough
American artist (1805-1852).
Born September 6th, 1805 in Boston.
Died December 18th, 1852 at 47 years old in Somerville.
Vincenzo Gioberti
Italian philosopher and politician (1801-1852).
Born April 5th, 1801 in Turin.
Died October 26th, 1852 at 51 years old in Paris (stroke).
Hélène Jégado
French domestic servant and serial killer (1803-1852).
Born June 17th, 1803 in Plouhinec.
Died February 26th, 1852 at 48 years old in Rennes (decapitation).
Matthias Alexander Castrén
Finnish ethnologist and philologist (1813–1852).
Born December 2nd, 1813 in Tervola.
Died May 7th, 1852 at 38 years old in Helsinki (tuberculosis).
Pavel Fedotov
Russian artist (1815-1852).
Born July 4th, 1815 in Moscow.
Died November 26th, 1852 at 37 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Francis Libermann
French priest (1802-1852).
Born April 14th, 1802 in Saverne.
Died February 2nd, 1852 at 49 years old in Paris, Abbaye du Gard.
Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-altenburger royal.
Born July 3rd, 1804 in Hildburghausen.
Died May 16th, 1852 at 47 years old in Munich.
Eugène Burnouf
French scholar and orientalist (1801–1852).
Born April 8th, 1801 in Paris.
Died May 28th, 1852 at 51 years old in Paris.
Georg August Wallin
Finnish orientalist (1811–1852).
Born October 24th, 1811 in Sund.
Died October 23rd, 1852 at 40 years old in Helsinki.
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