Deaths
- January 4 - Paul Henry (born 1848), astronomer
- January 14 - Ernst Abbe (born 1840, physicist
- March 24 - Jules Verne (born 1828), science fiction author
- April 14 - Otto Wilhelm von Struve (born 1819), astronomer
- June 18 - Per Teodor Cleve (born 1840), chemist
- September 19 - Thomas Barnardo (born 1845), physician and philanthropist.
- October 6 - Ferdinand von Richthofen (born 1833), geologist
- November 15 (O.S. November 2) - Ivan Sechenov (died 1829), "the father of Russian physiology"
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)