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In the year 1929
240 Notable deaths
Charles Cooley
American sociologist.
Born August 17th, 1864 in Ann Arbor.
Died May 27th, 1929 at 64 years old in Ann Arbor (cancer).
Katharine Lee Bates
American poet and songwriter (1859-1929).
Born October 16th, 1863 in Falmouth. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1929 at 65 years old in Wellesley. [ref]
Aletta Jacobs
Dutch physician and feminist, editor.
Born February 9th, 1854 in Sappemeer. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1929 at 75 years old in Baarn. [ref]
Princess Viktoria of Prussia
Prussian princess (1866-1929).
Born April 12th, 1866 in Potsdam.
Died November 13th, 1929 at 63 years old in Bonn (pneumonia).
Robert Henri
American painter (1865-1929).
Born June 24th, 1865 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1929 at 64 years old in New York City (prostate cancer). [ref]
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist (1874-1929).
Born February 1st, 1874 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1929 at 55 years old in Rodaun (stroke). [ref]
Otto Liman von Sanders
German general (1855-1929).
Born February 17th, 1855 in Słupsk.
Died August 22nd, 1929 at 74 years old in Munich.
Miller Huggins
American baseball player.
Born March 27th, 1878 in Cincinnati.
Died September 25th, 1929 at 51 years old in New York City (sepsis).
Henry Scott Tuke
English painter and photographer (1858-1929).
Born June 12th, 1858 in York. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1929 at 70 years old in Falmouth.
Jeanne Eagels
American actress (1890-1929).
Born June 26th, 1890 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1929 at 39 years old in New York City. [ref]
Deaths 21 to 30 of 240
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson