List of Famous people who died in 1908

Wilhelm Reiss was a German geologist and explorer born in Mannheim. Along with Angel Escobar, he was the first person to scale Cotopaxi (1872), and with vulcanologist Alphons Stübel, he was the first to ascend Tungurahua (1873).

Edward King was an American banker who served as president of the New York Stock Exchange and president of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York.

Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, was a career British colonial governor, serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1880, of Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 1901 to 1904.

Giovanni Fattori was an Italian artist, one of the leaders of the group known as the Macchiaioli. He was initially a painter of historical themes and military subjects. In his middle years, inspired by the Barbizon school, he became one of the leading Italian plein-airists, painting landscapes, rural scenes, and scenes of military life. After 1884, he devoted much energy to etching.

August Ritter was a German civil engineer.

Carl Christian Koldewey was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions.

Eberhard Schrader was a German orientalist primarily known for his achievements in Assyriology.

Georg Eduard von Rindfleisch was a German pathologist and histologist. He was born in Köthen and died in Würzburg.

Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and Duchess of Anhalt by marriage.