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In the year 1937
428 Notable deaths
Karel Kramář
Czech politician, political prisoner and lawyer (1860-1937).
Born December 27th, 1860 in Vysoké nad Jizerou.
Died May 26th, 1937 at 76 years old in Prague.
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
German ophthalmologist (1852–1937).
Born February 22nd, 1852 in Marburg.
Died February 11th, 1937 at 84 years old in Herrsching am Ammersee.
Christopher Caudwell
British marxist literary critic, journalist and writer (1907-1937).
Born October 20th, 1907 in Putney.
Died February 12th, 1937 at 29 years old in Jarama.
Ilya Ilf
Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937).
Born October 16th, 1897 in Odesa.
Died April 13th, 1937 at 39 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Muslim Magomayev
Azerbaijani composer and conductor (1885–1937).
Born September 18th, 1885 in Grozny.
Died July 28th, 1937 at 51 years old in Nalchik (tuberculosis).
Otto Hölder
German mathematician (1859–1937).
Born December 22nd, 1859 in Stuttgart.
Died August 29th, 1937 at 77 years old in Leipzig.
Lev Karakhan
Soviet diplomat (1889-1937).
Born February 1st, 1889 in Tbilisi.
Died September 20th, 1937 at 48 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Francis Vielé-Griffin
French symbolist poet (1864-1937).
Born May 26th, 1864 in Norfolk. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1937 at 73 years old in Bergerac. [ref]
William Morton Wheeler
U.s. entomologist, myrmecologist and harvard professor (1865–1937).
Born March 19th, 1865 in Milwaukee.
Died April 19th, 1937 at 72 years old in Cambridge.
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