1900 in Literature - Deaths

Deaths

Further information: List of deaths in 1900 related to poetry and Category:1900 deaths

The year involved the deaths of at least several highly prominent writers, including among them the following: The late poet Oscar Wilde (a "celebrity" poet in late-19th century western European society), the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (critical and acclaimed philologist of Weimar Classicism and one of the most famous German thinkers), the English poet Ernest Dowson (marking the death of one of the last notable poets of the Decadent movement), John Ruskin (one of the most important historical art critics and an influential essayist), Francišak Bahuševič (a literary pioneer of New Belarusian literature), Stephen Crane, R. D. Blackmore and José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, often considered the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style.

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1900 of literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including nationality and year of birth. More prominent figures are bolded:

  • Unspecified — Berdakh, Uzbek poet (born 1827)
  • Unspecified — Gustav Jacob Born, German medical author and histologist (born 1851)
  • January 19 — William Larminie, Irish poet and folklorist (born 1849)
  • January 20 — Richard Doddridge Blackmore, English novelist (born 1825)
  • January 25 — Frederick H. Chapin, American author and explorer (born 1852)
  • January 29 — John Ruskin, English art critic, social thinker and poet (born 1819)
  • January 31 — John Sholto Douglas, Scottish nobleman and nemesis of Oscar Wilde (born 1844)
  • February 6 — Elijah Benamozegh, Italian spiritual writer, major Kaballist figure and rabbi (born 1822)
  • February 11 — Michael Bodkin, Irish real-world inspiration to famous writer James Joyce (born 1879)
  • February 14 — Giovanni Canestrini, Italian scientist, essayist and prolific translator (born 1835)
  • February 18 — Eugenio Beltrami, Italian mathematician, theorist and mathematics writer (born 1835)
  • February 23 — Ernest Dowson, English poet and novelist (born 1867)
  • March 11 — Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French professor and mathematics writer (born 1822)
  • March 30 — David Léon Cahun, French Orientalist and writer (born 1841)
  • April 12 — James Richard Cocke, American author and hypnotherapy pioneer (born 1863)
  • April 21 — Charles Beecher, American composer, minister and prolific writer (born 1815)
  • April 23 — Charles Isaac Elton, English historian, politician and writer (born 1839)
  • April 27 — Francišak Bahuševič, Belarusian poet, writer and lawyer (born 1840)
  • April 30 — George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician and writer (born 1823)
  • May 4 — Hugo Badalić, Croatian writer and professor (born 1851)
  • May 20 — André Léo, French novelist and journalist (born 1824)
  • June 2 — Clarence Cook, American author and art critic (born 1828)
  • June 3 — Mary Kingsley, English travel writer and explorer (born 1862)
  • June 4 — Edwards Amasa Park, American theologian, pastor and writer (born 1808)
  • June 5 — Stephen Crane, American writer, journalist and poet (born 1871)
  • June 19 — Salvador Camacho, Colombian economist, politician and writer (born 1827)
  • July 3 — Fernand Brouez, Belgian editor and founder of La Société Nouvelle (born 1861)
  • July 22 — Lucius E. Chittenden, American writer and Lincoln administration member (born 1824)
  • July 29 — Henry Spencer Ashbee, English book collector, writer and bibliographer (born 1834)
  • August 2 — Sydney Robert Bellingham, Irish Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1808)
  • August 16 — José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (born 1845)
  • August 25 — Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and philologist (born 1844)
  • August 28 — Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (born 1838)
  • September 18 — Anne Beale, Welsh novelist and poet (born 1816)
  • September 29 — Samuel Fenton Cary, American author and notable prohibitionist (born 1814)
  • October 13 — Louis Adolphe Cochery, French journalist and politician (born 1819)
  • October 27 — James Henry Bowker, South African co-author of South African Butterflies (born 1822)
  • November 12 — Thomas Arnold the Younger, English literary scholar (born 1823)
  • November 16 — Isidore Barthe, French Canadian journalist, publisher, and translator (born 1834)
  • November 27 — David Carnegie, Australian explorer and travel writer (born 1871)
  • November 30 — Oscar Wilde, Irish celebrity, poet, dramatist and short story writer (born 1854)
  • December 15 — Charles Cotesworth Beaman, American lawyer and author (born 1840)
  • December 30 — Henry Ames Blood, American poet, dramatist and historian (born 1836)
  • December 31 — Oscar Alin, Swedish historian, politician and author (born 1846)

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