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In the year 1948
376 Notable deaths
August Hlond
Catholic cardinal.
Born July 5th, 1881 in Brzęczkowice. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1948 at 67 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Raoul Koczalski
Polish pianist.
Born January 3rd, 1884 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1948 at 64 years old in Poznań. [ref]
Arso Jovanović
Yugoslav paritsan.
Born March 24th, 1907 in Podgorica.
Died August 12th, 1948 at 41 years old in Vršac.
Ernst Herzfeld
German archaeologist.
Born July 23rd, 1879 in Celle. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1948 at 68 years old in Basel. [ref]
Abraham Brill
American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1874–1948).
Born October 13th, 1874 in Kańczuga.
Died March 2nd, 1948 at 73 years old in New York City.
Onisaburo Deguchi
Japanese shinto leader.
Born August 27th, 1871 in Tamba Province.
Died January 19th, 1948 at 76 years old [ref]
Pompeu Fabra
Spanish linguist.
Born February 20th, 1868 in Gràcia. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1948 at 80 years old in Prades. [ref]
Prens Sabahaddin
Ottoman sociologist and intellectual.
Born February 13th, 1879 in Istanbul.
Died June 30th, 1948 at 69 years old in Canton of Neuchâtel.
André Bloch
French mathematician (1893–1948).
Born November 20th, 1893 in Besançon.
Died October 11th, 1948 at 54 years old in Paris (leukemia).
Alice Salomon
German social reformer.
Born April 19th, 1872 in Berlin.
Died August 30th, 1948 at 76 years old in New York City.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 376
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