In the year 1948
346 Notable deaths
Austin Roberts
South african zoologist and ornithologist (1883-1948).
Born January 3rd, 1883 in Pretoria.
Died May 5th, 1948 at 65 years old in Lusikisiki (traffic collision).
Aleksandr Grossheim
Russian soviet botanist (1888-1948).
Born March 6th, 1888 in Lykhivka.
Died December 4th, 1948 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Antoine Lacroix
French mineralogist and geologist (1863–1948).
Born February 4th, 1863 in Mâcon. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1948 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
Dragutin Vrđuka
Yugoslavian footballer (1895-1948).
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Zagreb.
Died January 23rd, 1948 at 52 years old in Zagreb (tuberculosis).
Stanley Garton
British rower (1889-1948).
Born March 31st, 1889 in Worcester Park.
Died October 20th, 1948 at 59 years old in Woking.
Dušan Zinaja
Yugoslavian footballer (1893-1948).
Born October 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.
Died September 26th, 1948 at 54 years old (traffic collision).
Lauri Malmberg
Finnish general (1888–1948).
Born May 8th, 1888 in Helsinki.
Died March 14th, 1948 at 59 years old in Helsinki.
August Weberbauer
German naturalist, botanist and university professor (1871-1948).
Born November 26th, 1871 in Wrocław.
Died January 16th, 1948 at 76 years old in Lima.
Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller
German botanist (1862-1948).
Born February 6th, 1862 in Hildburghausen.
Died December 19th, 1948 at 86 years old in Weimar.
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo