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In the year 1940
435 Notable deaths
Raymond Pearl
American biogerontologist (1879-1940).
Born June 3rd, 1879 in Farmington.
Died November 17th, 1940 at 61 years old in Hershey.
Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov
Russian politician (1879–1940).
Born February 1st, 1879 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 7th, 1940 at 61 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Harry Burton
English egyptologist and archaeological photographer.
Born September 13th, 1879 in Lincolnshire.
Died June 27th, 1940 at 60 years old in Kingdom of Egypt.
Hans Zinsser
American physician, bacteriologist (1878–1940).
Born November 17th, 1878 in New York City.
Died September 4th, 1940 at 61 years old in New York City (leukemia).
Beekman Winthrop
Governor of puerto rico (1874–1940).
Born September 18th, 1874 in Orange.
Died November 10th, 1940 at 66 years old in New York City.
Janina Lewandowska
Polish officer and aviator (1908-1940).
Born April 22nd, 1908 in Kharkiv.
Died April 22nd, 1940 at 32 years old in Katyn (ballistic trauma, execution by shooting).
Nicolae Tonitza
Romanian painter (1886-1940).
Born April 13th, 1886 in Bârlad. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1940 at 53 years old in Bucharest.
Carl Einstein
German art historian (1885-1940).
Born April 26th, 1885 in Neuwied. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1940 at 55 years old in Pau (drowning). [ref]
Jan Kubelík
Czech violinist and composer (1880-1940).
Born July 5th, 1880 in Michle. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1940 at 60 years old in Podolí. [ref]
Nikolai Koltsov
Russian scientist.
Born July 15th, 1872 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1940 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg (poison). [ref]
Deaths 181 to 190 of 435
Anything I’ve done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death. Betty Bender