In the year 1948
376 Notable deaths
Frederick Gardner Cottrell
American chemist.
Born January 10th, 1877 in Oakland.
Died November 16th, 1948 at 71 years old in Berkeley.
Avetis Aharonyan
Politician and writer (1866-1948).
Born January 4th, 1866 in Iğdır. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1948 at 82 years old in Marseille.
Edgar de Wahl
Baltic german linguist.
Born August 11th, 1867 in Olviopol.
Died March 9th, 1948 at 80 years old in Tallinn.
Mahmud Fahmi al-Nuqrashi
Egyptian politician (1888-1948).
Born April 26th, 1888 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1948 at 60 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Eliška Misáková
Czech gymnast (1926-1948), only athlete to win an olympic medal after her death.
Born October 12th, 1925 in Kojetice. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1948 at 22 years old in London (poliomyelitis).
Georg Kulenkampff
German musician.
Born January 23rd, 1898 in Bremen. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1948 at 50 years old in Schaffhausen.
Bevil Rudd
Athletics competitor (1894–1948).
Born October 5th, 1894 in Kimberley.
Died February 2nd, 1948 at 53 years old in Kimberley.
Marcel Brillouin
French mathematician and physicist (1854-1948).
Born December 19th, 1854 in Melle.
Died June 16th, 1948 at 93 years old in Paris.
Tatsukichi Minobe
Japanese legal scholar.
Born May 7th, 1873 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died May 23rd, 1948 at 75 years old
Sextil Pușcariu
Romanian diplomat and academic (1877-1948).
Born January 4th, 1877 in Brașov.
Died May 5th, 1948 at 71 years old in Bran.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 376
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer