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In the year 1938
444 Notable deaths
Paul Olaf Bodding
Norwegian academic (1865–1938).
Born November 2nd, 1865 in Gjøvik Municipality.
Died October 1st, 1938 at 72 years old in Odense.
Erik Werenskiold
Norwegian artist (1855-1938).
Born February 11th, 1855 in Eidskog. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1938 at 83 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Bruno Jasieński
Polish writer.
Born July 17th, 1901 in Klimontów, Sandomierz County. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1938 at 37 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Otto Warburg
German botanist (1859-1938).
Born July 20th, 1859 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1938 at 78 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Pedro Figari Solari
Uruguayan painter and politician (1861-1938).
Born June 29th, 1861 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1938 at 77 years old in Montevideo.
Alexander Andreyevich Svechin
Imperial russian army and soviet general.
Born August 29th, 1878 in Odesa.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 59 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Cecilio Apóstol
Filipino writer (1877–1938).
Born November 22nd, 1877 in Manila.
Died September 8th, 1938 at 60 years old in Caloocan.
Joseph Bédier
French philologist and writer (1864-1938).
Born January 28th, 1864 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 29th, 1938 at 74 years old in Le Grand-Serre (stroke).
Alice Bailly
Swiss artist (1872–1938).
Born February 25th, 1872 in Geneva. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1938 at 65 years old in Lausanne (tuberculosis). [ref]
Jēkabs Peterss
Latvian revolutionary (1886–1938).
Born December 3rd, 1886 in Aizpute.
Died April 25th, 1938 at 51 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Deaths 211 to 220 of 444
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson