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In the year 1901
29 Notable deaths
Leopoldo Alas
Spanish author.
Born April 25th, 1852 in Zamora. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1901 at 49 years old in Oviedo (anus cancer). [ref]
George FitzGerald
Irish physicist.
Born August 3rd, 1851 in Dublin. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1901 at 49 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Prince Henri d'Orléans
French prince (1867-1901).
Born October 15th, 1867 in Ham. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1901 at 33 years old in Ho Chi Minh City (malaria). [ref]
Dagny Juel
Norwegian artists' model.
Born June 8th, 1867 in Kongsvinger. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1901 at 33 years old in Tbilisi (ballistic trauma). [ref]
François-Marie Raoult
French chemist.
Born May 10th, 1850 in Fournes-en-Weppes.
Died April 1st, 1901 at 50 years old in Grenoble.
Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper
German botanist (1856-1901).
Born May 12th, 1856 in Strasbourg.
Died September 9th, 1901 at 45 years old in Basel (malaria).
Fernand Pelloutier
French anarchist (1867-1901).
Born October 1st, 1867 in Paris. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1901 at 33 years old in Sèvres. [ref]
Paul Hankar
Architect, designer.
Born December 11th, 1859 in Frameries.
Died January 17th, 1901 at 41 years old in City of Brussels.
Herbert Baxter Adams
American educator and historian.
Born April 16th, 1850 in Shutesbury. [ref]
Died July 30th, 1901 at 51 years old in Amherst. [ref]
Václav Brožík
Czech painter and professor (1851-1901).
Born March 6th, 1851 in Brožíkova. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1901 at 50 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 11 to 20 of 29
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir