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In the year 1915
118 Notable deaths
Arisaka Nariakira
Japanese general (1852-1915).
Born April 5th, 1852 in Iwakuni.
Died January 12th, 1915 at 62 years old in Tokyo.
Wyndham Halswelle
British athlete.
Born May 30th, 1882 in London.
Died March 31st, 1915 at 32 years old in Neuve-Chapelle.
Friedrich Loeffler
German bacteriologist (1852-1915).
Born June 24th, 1852 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died April 9th, 1915 at 62 years old in Berlin.
John White Alexander
American illustrator (1856-1915).
Born October 7th, 1856 in Allegheny. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1915 at 58 years old in New York City. [ref]
Paul Scheerbart
German writer (1863-1915).
Born January 8th, 1863 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1915 at 52 years old in Berlin. [ref]
François Faber
Racing cyclist.
Born January 26th, 1887 in Aulnay-sur-Iton.
Died May 9th, 1915 at 28 years old in Mont-Saint-Éloi.
Jerzy Żuławski
Polish philosopher, writer, poet and playwright of the young poland period.
Born July 14th, 1874 in Glinik, Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
Died August 9th, 1915 at 41 years old in Dębica (typhus).
Oswald Külpe
German philosopher (1862-1915).
Born August 3rd, 1862 in Kandava.
Died December 30th, 1915 at 53 years old in Munich.
Eugène Jansson
Swedish painter (1862-1915).
Born March 18th, 1862 in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1915 at 53 years old in Nacka (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Stanisław Witkiewicz
Polish artist, writer and architect (1851-1915).
Born May 8th, 1851 in Pašiaušė. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1915 at 64 years old in Lovran (tuberculosis). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 118
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom