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In the year 1952
363 Notable deaths
Vladimír Clementis
Slovak nation politician, member of czechoslovak national parliament and czechoslovak minister of foreign affairs (1902-1952).
Born September 20th, 1902 in Tisovec. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1952 at 50 years old in Prague (hanging).
Max Dehn
German-american mathematician (1878-1952).
Born November 13th, 1878 in Hamburg.
Died June 27th, 1952 at 73 years old in Black Mountain.
Marie Equi
American doctor (1872-1952).
Born April 7th, 1872 in New Bedford.
Died July 13th, 1952 at 80 years old in Portland.
Yakov Frenkel
Russian physicist (1894–1952).
Born February 10th, 1894 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 23rd, 1952 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Antonia Maury
American astronomer (1866–1952).
Born March 21st, 1866 in Cold Spring.
Died January 18th, 1952 at 85 years old in Dobbs Ferry.
Bedřich Hrozný
Czech archeologist, linguist and orientalist (1879-1952).
Born May 6th, 1879 in Lysá nad Labem. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1952 at 73 years old in Prague. [ref]
Joseph Louis Anne Avenol
French diplomat (1879-1952).
Born June 9th, 1879 in Melle. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1952 at 73 years old in Duillier. [ref]
Henry Edwards
British actor, film director (1882-1952).
Born September 18th, 1882 in Weston-super-Mare.
Died November 2nd, 1952 at 70 years old in Chobham (myocardial infarction).
Lawrence Grant
Actor (1870-1952).
Born October 30th, 1870 in Bournemouth.
Died February 19th, 1952 at 81 years old in Santa Barbara.
Solomon Lozovsky
Soviet revolutionary (1878-1952).
Born March 16th, 1878 in Alexandrovsky Uyezd.
Died August 12th, 1952 at 74 years old in Lubyanka Building, Bolshevo.
Deaths 151 to 160 of 363
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