In the year 1918
228 Notable deaths
Jakob Jakobsen
Faroese linguist (1864–1918).
Born February 22nd, 1864 in Tórshavn.
Died August 15th, 1918 at 54 years old in Frederiksberg.
True Boardman
Actor.
Born April 21st, 1882 in Oakland.
Died September 28th, 1918 at 36 years old in Los Angeles (1918-1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
Maxime Bôcher
United states mathematician.
Born August 28th, 1867 in Boston.
Died September 12th, 1918 at 51 years old in Cambridge.
Birt Acres
Cinematographer and cinema innovator.
Born July 23rd, 1854 in Richmond.
Died December 27th, 1918 at 64 years old in Whitechapel (disease).
Erich Loewenhardt
German flying ace.
Born April 7th, 1897 in Wrocław.
Died August 10th, 1918 at 21 years old in Chaulnes.
Margit Kaffka
Hungarian writer (1880-1918).
Born June 10th, 1880 in Carei. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1918 at 38 years old in Budapest (1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Frank Nicholas Meyer
Dutch american botanist (1875-1918).
Born November 30th, 1875 in Amsterdam.
Died June 2nd, 1918 at 42 years old in Shanghai (drowning).
Thérèse Schwartze
Dutch painter (1851-1918).
Born December 20th, 1851 in Amsterdam.
Died December 23rd, 1918 at 67 years old in Amsterdam.
Rudolf Tobias
Estonian composer (1873-1918).
Died October 29th, 1918 at 45 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Cecil Healy
Australian swimmer (1881–1918).
Born November 28th, 1881 in Sydney. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1918 at 36 years old in Somme. [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 228
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran