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In the year 1940
407 Notable deaths
Nikolai Koltsov
Russian scientist.
Born July 15th, 1872 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1940 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg (poison). [ref]
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.
Charles de Broqueville
Belgian politician (1860-1940).
Born December 4th, 1860 in Postel. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1940 at 79 years old in City of Brussels.
Adolf von Trotha
German admiral.
Born March 1st, 1868 in Koblenz. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1940 at 72 years old in Berlin. [ref]
David Franklin Houston
American academic, businessman and politician (1866-1940).
Born February 17th, 1866 in Monroe.
Died September 2nd, 1940 at 74 years old in New York City.
David Samuel Margoliouth
British orientalist (1858–1940).
Born October 17th, 1858 in London.
Died March 22nd, 1940 at 81 years old in London.
Song Zheyuan
A senior general of the national revolutionary army of the republic of china, one of feng yuxiang's "five tiger generals" (1885–1940).
Born October 30th, 1885 in Laoling.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 54 years old in Mianyang.
Santōka Taneda
Japanese poet.
Born December 3rd, 1882 in Hōfu.
Died October 11th, 1940 at 57 years old in Matsuyama.
J.-H. Rosny aîné
Belgian writer.
Born February 17th, 1856 in City of Brussels. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1940 at 83 years old in Paris.
Farnsworth Wright
American editor.
Born July 29th, 1888 in California, Santa Barbara. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1940 at 51 years old in Manhattan (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Deaths 181 to 190 of 407
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