In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
Christiaan Cornelissen
Dutch economist (1864-1942).
Born August 30th, 1864 in 's-Hertogenbosch.
Died January 21st, 1942 at 77 years old in Domme. [ref]
Egbert van Kampen
Mathematician.
Born May 28th, 1908 in Berchem.
Died February 11th, 1942 at 33 years old in Baltimore (cerebrum cancer).
Paul Gilson
Belgian composer.
Born June 15th, 1865 in City of Brussels. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1942 at 76 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Else Berg
Dutch painter (1877-1942).
Born February 19th, 1877 in Racibórz. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1942 at 65 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Rudolf Hasse
German racing driver.
Born May 30th, 1906 in Mittweida.
Died August 12th, 1942 at 36 years old in Makiivka (dysentery).
Frank Dawson Adams
Mcgill university, montreal, canada, geologist and petrologist, who studied the monteregian hills (1859-1942).
Born September 17th, 1859 in Montreal.
Died December 26th, 1942 at 83 years old in Montreal.
Annie Vivanti
Italian women poet and writer.
Born April 7th, 1866 in London.
Died February 20th, 1942 at 75 years old in Turin (disease).
Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp
World war ii general.
Born March 29th, 1890 in Karlsruhe.
Died October 3rd, 1942 at 52 years old in Storozhevoye.
Ilya Rabinovich
Russian chess player (1891-1942).
Born May 23rd, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 23rd, 1942 at 50 years old in Perm.
Nicholas Adontz
Historian.
Born January 22nd, 1871 in Brnakot.
Died January 27th, 1942 at 71 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Deaths 321 to 330 of 472
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace