In the year 1947
389 Notable deaths
Bruno Meissner
German assyriologist.
Born April 25th, 1868 in Grudziądz. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1947 at 78 years old in Zeuthen. [ref]
Filaret Kolessa
Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and composer (1871-1947).
Born July 17th, 1871 in Stryi. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1947 at 75 years old in Lviv. [ref]
Harald Natvig
Sport shooter (1872-1947).
Born June 10th, 1872 in Stavanger.
Died August 1st, 1947 at 75 years old in Hjerkinn.
Yngvar Bryn
Norwegian pair skater, athlete (1881-1947).
Born December 17th, 1881 in Kristiansand.
Died April 30th, 1947 at 65 years old in Oslo.
Ekaterina Karavelova
Social activist, teacher, writer and translator.
Born October 21st, 1860 in Ruse.
Died April 1st, 1947 at 86 years old in Sofia.
André Savignon
French writer.
Born January 1st, 1878 in Tarbes. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1947 at 69 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
Rudolph Simonsen
Danish composer.
Born April 30th, 1889 in Copenhagen.
Died March 28th, 1947 at 57 years old in Copenhagen.
Charles Schlee
American racing cyclist (1873-1947).
Born July 21st, 1873 in Copenhagen.
Died January 5th, 1947 at 73 years old in Cambridge.
Helen Aitchison
British tennis player.
Born December 6th, 1881 in Sunderland.
Died May 26th, 1947 at 65 years old in Aylesbury.
William Jackson Bean
British botanist (1863-1947).
Born May 26th, 1863 in Malton. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1947 at 83 years old in Kew.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 389
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde