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In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Florence Scovel Shinn
American writer, artist and book illustrator.
Born September 24th, 1871 in Camden. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1940 at 69 years old [ref]
W. H. Davies
Welsh poet and writer.
Born July 3rd, 1871 in Newport.
Died September 26th, 1940 at 69 years old in Gloucestershire. [ref]
Charles Freer Andrews
Christian missionary in india, close friend of mahatma gandhi.
Born February 12th, 1871 in Newcastle upon Tyne. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1940 at 69 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
Isaak Babel
Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894-1940).
Born July 12th, 1894 in Odesa. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1940 at 45 years old in Butyrka prison (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Russian theatre director (1874-1940).
Born February 9th, 1874 in Penza.
Died February 2nd, 1940 at 65 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
German prince.
Born May 1st, 1868 in Panker. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1940 at 72 years old in Kassel.
Arthur Rostron
British sailor (1869-1940).
Born May 14th, 1869 in Bolton.
Died November 4th, 1940 at 71 years old in Southampton (pneumonia).
Nathanael West
American writer (1903-1940).
Born October 17th, 1903 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1940 at 37 years old in El Centro (traffic collision). [ref]
Lluís Companys
123rd president of catalonia.
Born June 21st, 1883 in El Tarròs. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1940 at 57 years old in Montjuïc Castle (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Édouard Vuillard
French painter (1868-1940).
Born November 11th, 1868 in Cuiseaux. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1940 at 71 years old in La Baule-Escoublac. [ref]
Deaths 31 to 40 of 393
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