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In the year 1926
190 Notable deaths
Sidney Lee
English biographer and critic.
Born December 5th, 1859 in Bloomsbury.
Died March 3rd, 1926 at 66 years old in London. [ref]
Lee Wan-Yong
Minister of korea, who signed the japan-korea annexation treaty (1858-1926).
Born July 17th, 1858 in Seongnam.
Died February 12th, 1926 at 67 years old in Seoul (pneumonia).
Fumiko Kaneko
Japanese activist (1903-1926).
Born January 25th, 1903 in Yokohama.
Died July 23rd, 1926 at 23 years old in Utsunomiya (hanging).
Lyubov Dostoevskaya
Russian writer, memoirist.
Born September 26th, 1869 in Dresden.
Died November 10th, 1926 at 57 years old in Bolzano (leukemia).
Ronald Firbank
English novelist (1886-1926).
Born January 17th, 1886 in London. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1926 at 40 years old in Rome. [ref]
Carlos Schwabe
German artist (1866-1926).
Born July 21st, 1866 in Altona. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1926 at 59 years old in Avon. [ref]
Théo van Rysselberghe
Belgian neo-impressionist painter (1862-1926).
Born November 23rd, 1862 in Ghent. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1926 at 64 years old in Le Lavandou. [ref]
Leonid Krasin
Soviet diplomat (1870-1926).
Born July 27th, 1870 in Kurgan. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1926 at 56 years old in London (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Krste Petkov Misirkov
Macedonian philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer - founder of macedonism.
Born November 18th, 1874 in Pella. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1926 at 51 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Paul Kammerer
Austrian scientist (1880-1926).
Born August 17th, 1880 in Vienna.
Died September 23rd, 1926 at 46 years old in Puchberg am Schneeberg (ballistic trauma).
Deaths 41 to 50 of 190
Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau