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In the year 1939
335 Notable deaths
Hermann Julius Kolbe
German entomologist (1855-1939).
Died November 26th, 1939 at 84 years old in Lichterfelde.
Park Yeong-hyo
Korean politician (1861-1939).
Born July 19th, 1861 in Suwon.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 78 years old in Seoul.
Edward Angus Burt
American mycologist (1859–1939).
Born April 9th, 1859 in Pennsylvania.
Died April 27th, 1939 at 80 years old
Carl Joseph Schröter
Swiss botanist (1855-1939).
Born December 19th, 1855 in Esslingen am Neckar. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1939 at 83 years old in Zürich.
Leszek Lubicz-Nycz
Polish fencer (1899-1939).
Born August 20th, 1899 in Brzesko.
Died September 22nd, 1939 at 40 years old in Buraków (killed in action).
Edmund Jankowski
Polish rower.
Born August 28th, 1903 in Wrocki.
Died November 1st, 1939 at 36 years old in Fordon (execution by shooting).
Feodor Levinson-Lessing
Russian geologist.
Born March 9th, 1861 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 25th, 1939 at 78 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Eugen Ingebretsen
Gymnast.
Born December 30th, 1884 in Christiania.
Died January 11th, 1939 at 54 years old in Oslo.
Robert Farnan
American rower (1877-1939).
Born June 11th, 1877 in New York City.
Died January 10th, 1939 at 61 years old in New York City.
Deaths 311 to 320 of 335
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr