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In the year 1926
190 Notable deaths
Dorothy Tennant
British artist (1855-1926).
Born March 22nd, 1855 in London. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1926 at 71 years old in London. [ref]
Joseph Pennell
American artist and author (1857-1926).
Born July 4th, 1857 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1926 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]
John Louis Emil Dreyer
Danish-irish astronomer.
Born February 13th, 1852 in Copenhagen.
Died September 14th, 1926 at 74 years old in Oxford.
Larisa Reisner
Russian writer, editor.
Born May 14th, 1895 in Lublin. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1926 at 30 years old in Moscow (typhoid fever). [ref]
Anatole Le Braz
Breton writer and scholar.
Born April 2nd, 1859 in Duault. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1926 at 66 years old in Menton. [ref]
Fyodor Schechtel
Russian architect, graphic artist and stage designer (1859-1926).
Born August 7th, 1859 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 7th, 1926 at 66 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Heinrich Pesch
German economist (1854-1926).
Born September 17th, 1854 in Cologne.
Died April 1st, 1926 at 71 years old in Valkenburg aan de Geul.
Giovanni Amendola
Italian journalist and politician (1882-1926).
Born April 15th, 1882 in Naples. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1926 at 43 years old in Cannes.
José María Orellana
Guatemalan president (1872-1926).
Born July 11th, 1872 in El Jícaro, El Progreso.
Died September 26th, 1926 at 54 years old in Antigua Guatemala (angina pectoris).
Antonius van den Broek
Dutch physicist and lawyer (1870-1926).
Born May 4th, 1870 in Zoetermeer. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1926 at 56 years old in Bilthoven. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 190
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson