In the year 1906
42 Notable deaths
Walter Frank Raphael Weldon
English evolutionary biologist (1860-1906).
Born March 15th, 1860 in Highgate.
Died April 13th, 1906 at 46 years old in London (pneumonia).
Ivan Babushkin
Russian revolutionary (1873-1906).
Born January 15th, 1873 in Imeni Babushkina.
Died January 18th, 1906 at 33 years old in Babushkin (ballistic trauma).
Maria Cristina Brando
Italian saint and foundress.
Died January 20th, 1906 at 49 years old in Casoria.
Harry Marshall Ward
British botanist, mycologist and phytopathologist (1854-1906).
Born March 21st, 1854 in Hereford.
Died August 26th, 1906 at 52 years old
Franz Eisenhut
Austrian painter.
Born January 25th, 1857 in Nemačka Palanka. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1906 at 49 years old in Munich. [ref]
Albert Gottschalk
Danish artist (1866-1906).
Born July 3rd, 1866 in Stege. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1906 at 39 years old in Frederiksberg. [ref]
Oscar Levertin
Swedish poet, critic and literary historian.
Born July 17th, 1862 in Gryt church parish. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1906 at 44 years old in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky
Russian writer and engineer.
Born February 20th, 1852 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1906 at 54 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Josip Kozarac
Croatian writer (1858-1906).
Born March 18th, 1858 in Vinkovci.
Died August 21st, 1906 at 48 years old in Koprivnica.
John Maxwell
American golfer.
Born July 16th, 1871 in Illinois.
Died June 3rd, 1906 at 34 years old in Keokuk.
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche