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In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Alexander Nikolsky
Russian zoologist (1858-1942).
Born March 2nd, 1858 in Astrakhan.
Died December 8th, 1942 at 84 years old in Kharkiv.
Fritz Sarasin
Swiss naturalist (1859-1942).
Born December 3rd, 1859 in Basel. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1942 at 82 years old in Lugano. [ref]
August von Gödrich
German racing cyclist.
Born September 25th, 1859 in Fulnek.
Died March 16th, 1942 at 82 years old in Fulnek.
Emil Ernst
German astronomer.
Born June 6th, 1889 in Newark.
Died June 26th, 1942 at 53 years old in Münster.
Jan Ankerman
Dutch field hockey player.
Born March 2nd, 1906 in Wommels.
Died December 27th, 1942 at 36 years old in Yangon.
Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Russian geographer and entomologist (1866–1942).
Born June 21st, 1866 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1942 at 75 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
A. Haslam
English footballer (1879-1942).
Born June 5th, 1879 in Worksop.
Died October 13th, 1942 at 63 years old in Nottingham.
Hermann Kobold
German astronomer (1858-1942).
Born August 5th, 1858 in Hanover.
Died June 11th, 1942 at 83 years old in Kiel.
Józef Paczoski
Polish botanist (1864-1942).
Born December 8th, 1864 in Bilogorodka.
Died February 14th, 1942 at 77 years old in Sierosław, Greater Poland Voivodeship (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 411 to 420 of 453
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir