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In the year 1919
163 Notable deaths
Adolf Hurwitz
German mathematician.
Born March 26th, 1859 in Hildesheim. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1919 at 60 years old in Zürich. [ref]
José Santos Zelaya
President of nicaragua from 1893 to 1909.
Born November 1st, 1853 in Managua.
Died May 17th, 1919 at 65 years old in New York City.
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
Danish writer.
Born June 2nd, 1857 in Roholte. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1919 at 62 years old in Klotzsche. [ref]
Laurence Doherty
English tennis player (1875-1919).
Born October 8th, 1875 in Wimbledon.
Died August 21st, 1919 at 43 years old in Broadstairs.
John Alcock
Captain in the royal navy and the royal air force (1892-1919).
Born November 5th, 1892 in Stretford.
Died December 18th, 1919 at 27 years old in Rouen (traffic collision).
Peter Altenberg
Austrian writer and poet.
Born March 9th, 1859 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1919 at 59 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
Painter from hungary (1853-1919).
Born July 5th, 1853 in Sabinov. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1919 at 65 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Vera Kholodnaya
First star of russian silent cinema.
Born August 5th, 1893 in Poltava.
Died February 17th, 1919 at 25 years old in Odesa (1918-1920 flu pandemic).
J. Alden Weir
American artist (1852-1919).
Born August 30th, 1852 in West Point. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1919 at 67 years old in New York City.
Woldemar Voigt
German physicist.
Born September 2nd, 1850 in Leipzig.
Died December 13th, 1919 at 69 years old in Göttingen.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 163
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche