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In the year 1915
118 Notable deaths
Theodor Boveri
German geneticist (1862-1915).
Born October 12th, 1862 in Bamberg. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1915 at 53 years old in Würzburg. [ref]
Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria
Austrian archduke (1868–1915).
Born December 27th, 1868 in Vienna.
Died March 10th, 1915 at 46 years old in Munich (tuberculosis).
I. L. Peretz
Yiddish language author and playwright.
Born May 30th, 1852 in Zamość. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1915 at 62 years old in Warsaw.
Otto Weddigen
German world war i u-boat commander.
Born September 15th, 1882 in Herford.
Died March 18th, 1915 at 32 years old in Pentland Firth.
Nadežda Petrović
Serbian artist (1873-1915).
Born October 12th, 1873 in Čačak.
Died April 3rd, 1915 at 41 years old in Valjevo (typhus). [ref]
Tom Watson
English soccer manager (1859-1915).
Born April 8th, 1859 in Northumberland. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1915 at 56 years old in Merseyside. [ref]
Friedrich Hasenöhrl
Austrian physicist.
Born November 30th, 1874 in Vienna.
Died October 7th, 1915 at 40 years old in Folgaria.
Carl Walther
German gunsmith.
Born November 22nd, 1858 in Zella-Mehlis.
Died July 9th, 1915 at 56 years old in Zella-Mehlis.
Tevfik Fikret
Ottoman poet (1867-1915).
Born December 26th, 1867 in Istanbul.
Died August 19th, 1915 at 47 years old in Istanbul.
Remy de Gourmont
French writer.
Born April 4th, 1858 in Bazoches-au-Houlme. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1915 at 57 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 118
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson