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In the year 1940
419 Notable deaths
Arnold Wilson
Diplomat (1884-1940).
Born July 18th, 1884 in Bristol.
Died May 31st, 1940 at 55 years old in Eringhem.
Florence Roberts
American actress (1861–1940).
Born March 16th, 1861 in Frederick.
Died June 6th, 1940 at 79 years old in Hollywood.
Arthur Harden
British biochemist.
Born October 12th, 1865 in Manchester.
Died June 17th, 1940 at 74 years old in Bourne End.
Alfred Cort Haddon
British anthropologist.
Born May 24th, 1855 in London. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1940 at 84 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Flora Finch
English-born film actress (1867-1940).
Born June 17th, 1867 in London. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1940 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (streptococcal infection). [ref]
Maude Abbott
Doctor, one of canada's earliest medical graduates.
Born March 18th, 1869 in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil.
Died September 2nd, 1940 at 71 years old in Montreal (cerebral hemorrhage).
Emma Louisa Turner
British ornithologist and photographer (1867-1940).
Born June 9th, 1867 in Langton Green.
Died August 13th, 1940 at 73 years old in Cambridge.
Wilfred Lucas
Actor, film director.
Born January 30th, 1871 in Norfolk County. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1940 at 69 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Luigi Orione
Italian catholic saint, priest, social advocate and religious founder.
Born June 23rd, 1872 in Pontecurone.
Died March 12th, 1940 at 67 years old in Sanremo.
Mikhail Koltsov
Soviet journalist.
Born June 12th, 1898 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1940 at 41 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris