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In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Carlo Bugatti
Italian furniture designer (1856-1940).
Born February 16th, 1856 in Milan. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1940 at 84 years old in Molsheim.
Silvestre Revueltas
Mexican composer, violinist and conductor (1899-1940).
Born December 31st, 1899 in Durango. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1940 at 40 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia). [ref]
Tokugawa Iesato
Japanese politician (1863-1940).
Born August 24th, 1863 in Tokyo.
Died June 5th, 1940 at 76 years old
Phoebus Levene
American chemist (1869-1940).
Born February 25th, 1869 in Žagarė.
Died September 6th, 1940 at 71 years old in New York City.
Cai Yuanpei
Chinese educator, esperantist and the president of peking university (1868-1940).
Born January 11th, 1868 in Shaoxing. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1940 at 72 years old in Hong Kong. [ref]
Joseph Meister
First person inocculated for rabies (1876-1940).
Born February 21st, 1876 in 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 24th, 1940 at 64 years old in Paris.
Ralph Modjeski
United states civil engineer.
Born January 27th, 1861 in Kraków, Bochnia.
Died June 26th, 1940 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
Eugène Dubois
Dutch paleoanthropologist.
Born January 28th, 1858 in Eijsden. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1940 at 82 years old in Haelen (disease). [ref]
Vito Volterra
Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist (1860-1940).
Born May 3rd, 1860 in Ancona. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1940 at 80 years old in Rome. [ref]
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Medical missionary to newfoundland and labrador.
Born February 28th, 1865 in Parkgate.
Died October 9th, 1940 at 75 years old in Charlotte (thrombosis).
Deaths 81 to 90 of 393
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou