In the year 1921
156 Notable deaths
Fernand Khnopff
Belgian painter (1858–1921).
Born September 12th, 1858 in Dendermonde. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1921 at 63 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Ernest William Hornung
British writer.
Born June 7th, 1866 in Middlesbrough. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1921 at 54 years old in France (pneumonia). [ref]
Julius Richard Petri
German microbiologist.
Born May 31st, 1852 in Barmen.
Died December 20th, 1921 at 69 years old in Zeitz.
Herman Bavinck
Dutch reformed theologian (1854–1921).
Born December 13th, 1854 in Hoogeveen.
Died July 29th, 1921 at 66 years old in Amsterdam.
Said Halim Pasha
Ottoman grand vizier.
Born January 18th, 1865 in Cairo.
Died December 6th, 1921 at 56 years old in Rome.
Ivan Vazov
Bulgarian writer and poet (1850-1921).
Born July 9th, 1850 in Sopot. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1921 at 71 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Peter Cooper Hewitt
(1861-1921) american electrical engineer who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp.
Born November 13th, 1861 in New York City.
Died August 25th, 1921 at 59 years old in Paris.
William Speirs Bruce
Scottish marine biologist and antarctic explorer.
Born August 1st, 1867 in London.
Died October 28th, 1921 at 54 years old in Edinburgh.
Ignác Goldziher
Hungarian scholar.
Born June 22nd, 1850 in Székesfehérvár. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1921 at 71 years old in Budapest.
Yan Fu
Chinese translator.
Born January 8th, 1854 in Fuzhou.
Died October 27th, 1921 at 67 years old in Fuzhou.
Deaths 31 to 40 of 156
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel