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In the year 1937
367 Notable deaths
Hermann Jacobi
German indologist (1850-1937).
Born February 11th, 1850 in Cologne. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1937 at 87 years old in Bonn. [ref]
James Gillett
American politician (1860-1937).
Born September 20th, 1860 in Viroqua.
Died April 20th, 1937 at 76 years old in Berkeley.
Erkki Melartin
Finnish conductor and composer (1875-1937).
Born February 7th, 1875 in Priozersk.
Died February 14th, 1937 at 62 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
John Garland Pollard
American politician (1871-1937).
Born August 4th, 1871 in King and Queen County.
Died April 28th, 1937 at 65 years old in Washington, D.C..
Snitz Edwards
Hungarian actor (1868-1937).
Born January 1st, 1868.
Died May 1st, 1937 at 69 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Isaak Illich Rubin
Russian economist (1886-1937).
Born June 12th, 1886 in Daugavpils.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 51 years old in Aktobe.
Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson
British neurologist.
Born December 6th, 1878 in New Jersey.
Died May 12th, 1937 at 58 years old in London (cancer).
Adolf Erman
German egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937) of quarter jewish descent.
Born October 31st, 1854 in Berlin.
Died June 26th, 1937 at 82 years old in Berlin.
Milan Gorkić
Politician (1904-1937).
Born February 19th, 1904 in Sarajevo.
Died October 23rd, 1937 at 33 years old in Moscow.
Diana Abgar
Armenia ambassador.
Born October 12th, 1859 in Yangon.
Died July 8th, 1937 at 77 years old in Yokohama.
Deaths 151 to 160 of 367
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner