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In the year 1924
171 Notable deaths
Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema
Dutch poet.
Born February 26th, 1877 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1924 at 47 years old in Bergen. [ref]
Menyhért Palágyi
Hungarian mathematician, philosopher, physicist.
Born December 16th, 1859 in Paks. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1924 at 64 years old in Darmstadt. [ref]
Alfred Morel-Fatio
French hispanist.
Born January 9th, 1850 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1924 at 74 years old in Versailles. [ref]
Lloyd Hildebrand
British racing cyclist, competitor for france.
Born December 25th, 1870 in Tottenham.
Died April 1st, 1924 at 53 years old in Levallois-Perret.
Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov
Russian geologist/strati-graphologist/paleontologist.
Born December 19th, 1861 in Odesa.
Died April 27th, 1924 at 62 years old in Prague.
Oreste Giorgi
Catholic cardinal.
Born May 19th, 1856 in Valmontone.
Died December 30th, 1924 at 68 years old in Rome.
Charles Chubb
English ornithologist (1851-1924).
Born December 31st, 1851 in Salisbury, Steeple Langford.
Died June 25th, 1924 at 72 years old in London (traffic collision).
Klara Zamenhof
Polish esperantist.
Born October 5th, 1863 in Kaunas.
Died December 6th, 1924 at 61 years old in Warsaw (hepatocellular carcinoma).
Josefine Swoboda
Austrian portrait painter.
Born January 29th, 1861 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1924 at 63 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Georges Rouy
French botanist (1851-1924).
Born December 2nd, 1851 in Paris.
Died December 25th, 1924 at 73 years old in Asnières-sur-Seine. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 171
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan