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In the year 1938
444 Notable deaths
Adalbert Seitz
German entomologist (1860-1938).
Born February 24th, 1860 in Mainz. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1938 at 78 years old in Darmstadt. [ref]
Gustave Le Rouge
French writer (1867-1938).
Born July 22nd, 1867 in Valognes. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1938 at 70 years old in Paris (prostate cancer).
Helena Westermarck
Finnish artist, editor (1857-1938).
Born November 20th, 1857 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1938 at 80 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Kaarlo Castrén
Finnish politician and prime minister (1860-1938).
Born February 28th, 1860 in Pello.
Died November 19th, 1938 at 78 years old in Helsinki.
Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann
Russian metallurgist (1861-1938).
Born June 9th, 1861 in Kingisepp.
Died December 17th, 1938 at 77 years old in Göttingen.
Alexander Amfiteatrov
Russian writer and historian (1862–1938).
Born December 26th, 1862 in Kaluga.
Died February 26th, 1938 at 75 years old in Levanto.
Ángel Arocha
Spanish footballer.
Born June 23rd, 1907 in Granadilla de Abona.
Died September 2nd, 1938 at 31 years old in Balaguer.
Thomas Gann
British physician and archaeologist.
Born May 13th, 1867 in Murrisk.
Died February 24th, 1938 at 70 years old in London.
Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran
Icelandic writer (1859-1938).
Born December 6th, 1859 in Vallanes.
Died May 21st, 1938 at 78 years old in Reykjavík.
Otto Dempwolff
German linguist and anthropologist.
Born May 25th, 1871 in Baltiysk.
Died November 27th, 1938 at 67 years old in Hamburg.
Deaths 311 to 320 of 444
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir