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In the year 1908
50 Notable deaths
Sidney Paget
English illustrator.
Born October 4th, 1860 in London. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1908 at 47 years old in Margate.
Qasim Amin
Egyptian writer, judge and social reformer (1863–1908).
Born December 1st, 1863 in Alexandria.
Died April 23rd, 1908 at 44 years old in Cairo (myocardial infarction).
George Dixon
Canadian boxer.
Born July 29th, 1870 in Africville.
Died January 6th, 1908 at 37 years old in New York City.
Mustafa Kamil
Egyptian politician.
Born August 14th, 1874 in Cairo. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1908 at 33 years old in Egypt (tuberculosis). [ref]
Mikhail Chigorin
Russian chess player.
Born November 12th, 1850 in Gatchina.
Died January 25th, 1908 at 57 years old in Lublin (diabetes).
Joseph Maria Olbrich
Austrian architect (1867–1908).
Born November 22nd, 1867 in Opava. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1908 at 40 years old in Düsseldorf (leukemia). [ref]
Ernest Fenollosa
American art historian and orientalist.
Born February 18th, 1853 in Salem. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1908 at 55 years old in London. [ref]
Richard Gerstl
Austrian artist (1883-1908).
Born September 14th, 1883 in Vienna.
Died November 4th, 1908 at 25 years old in Vienna (hanging).
Georgy Voronoy
Russian mathematician.
Born April 28th, 1868 in Zhuravka.
Died November 20th, 1908 at 40 years old in Warsaw.
Charles Chamberland
French microbiologist (1851-1908).
Born March 12th, 1851 in Chilly-le-Vignoble. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1908 at 57 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
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Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius