In the year 1921
147 Notable deaths
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.
Born December 13th, 1854 in Hoogeveen. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1921 at 66 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
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
American electrical engineer (1861-1921).
Born May 5th, 1861 in New York City.
Died August 25th, 1921 at 60 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.
James Mooney
American ethnographer.
Born February 10th, 1861 in Richmond. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1921 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Alfred Hermann Fried
Austrian jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist and nobel peace prize laureate.
Born November 11th, 1864 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1921 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Deaths 31 to 40 of 147
By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene