In the year 1914

114 Notable deaths

Edward Robert Hughes

British artist (1851-1914).

Born November 5th, 1851 in London.

Died April 23rd, 1914 at 62 years old in St Albans.

Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

Austrian economist (1851-1914).

Born February 12th, 1851 in Brno. [ref]

Died August 27th, 1914 at 63 years old in Kramsach.

Frederick Lorz

American distance runner.

Born June 5th, 1884 in Manhattan.

Died February 4th, 1914 at 29 years old in The Bronx (pneumonia).

Alain-Fournier

French writer.

Born October 3rd, 1886 in La Chapelle-d'Angillon.

Died September 22nd, 1914 at 27 years old in Les Éparges, Saint-Remy-la-Calonne.

Anatoly Lyadov

Russian composer, teacher and conductor (1855-1914).

Born May 11th, 1855 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Died August 28th, 1914 at 59 years old in Borovichi. [ref]

Christian Morgenstern

German author (1871-1914).

Born May 6th, 1871 in Munich, Theresienstraße. [ref]

Died March 31st, 1914 at 42 years old in Merano (tuberculosis). [ref]

Mariano Trías

Vice president first philippine republic (1868-1914).

Born October 12th, 1868 in General Trias.

Died February 22nd, 1914 at 45 years old in Manila.

Carl Hans Lody

German naval reserve officer; spy (1877-1914).

Born January 20th, 1877 in Berlin.

Died November 6th, 1914 at 37 years old in Tower of London (gunshot wound).

Christopher Cradock

Royal navy admiral (1862-1914).

Born July 2nd, 1862 in Yorkshire.

Died November 1st, 1914 at 52 years old in Battle of Coronel.

John Henry Poynting

British physicist (1852-1914).

Born September 9th, 1852 in United Kingdom, Manchester.

Died March 30th, 1914 at 61 years old in Birmingham.

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Our minds are too small to comprehend something as huge as death. Let it go. Maxime Lagacé