In the year 1928
242 Notable deaths
Edward Walter Maunder
English astronomer studying sunspots.
Born April 12th, 1851 in London.
Died March 21st, 1928 at 76 years old in London.
Théodore Reinach
French archaeologist (1860-1928).
Born July 3rd, 1860 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1928 at 68 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Mihail Savov
Bulgarian general (1857–1928).
Born December 8th, 1857 in Stara Zagora.
Died July 21st, 1928 at 70 years old in Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey.
Adolfo Hohenstein
Painter and decorative artist (1854-1928).
Born March 18th, 1854 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1928 at 74 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Ernesto Schiaparelli
Italian egyptologist (1856-1928).
Born July 12th, 1856 in Occhieppo Inferiore. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1928 at 71 years old in Turin. [ref]
Jacob M. Dickinson
Confederate army soldier (1851-1928).
Born January 30th, 1851 in Columbus.
Died December 13th, 1928 at 77 years old in Nashville.
August von Hayek
Austrian botanist (1871-1928).
Born December 14th, 1871 in Vienna.
Died June 11th, 1928 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Adela Zamudio
Bolivian writer.
Born October 11th, 1854 in Cochabamba.
Died June 2nd, 1928 at 73 years old in Cochabamba.
Ernst Steinitz
German mathematician.
Born June 13th, 1871 in Siemianowice Śląskie.
Died September 29th, 1928 at 57 years old in Kiel.
Paul van Ostaijen
Belgian poet, writer (1896–1928).
Born February 22nd, 1896 in Antwerp.
Died March 18th, 1928 at 32 years old in Belgium, Miavoye (tuberculosis).
Deaths 111 to 120 of 242
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder