List of Famous people who died in 1909

1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

Louise Ravn-Hansen

First Name Louise

Last Name Ravn-Hansen

Born on July 19, 1849

Died on January 17, 1909 (aged 59)

Born in Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark, Capital Region of Denmark

Louise Christiane Ravn-Hansen was a Danish landscape painter and etcher.

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Emil von Förster

First Name Emil

Born on October 18, 1838

Died on February 14, 1909 (aged 70)

Born in Austria

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Walther Ritz

First Name Walther

Last Name Ritz

Born on February 22, 1878

Died on July 7, 1909 (aged 31)

Born in Switzerland, Canton of Valais

Walther Heinrich Wilhelm Ritz was a Swiss theoretical physicist. He is most famous for his work with Johannes Rydberg on the Rydberg–Ritz combination principle. Ritz is also known for the variational method named after him, the Ritz method.

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Emilie Exner

First Name Emilie

Died on April 7, 1909

Born in Austria

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Whitley Stokes

First Name Whitley

Last Name Stokes

Born on February 28, 1830

Died on April 13, 1909 (aged 79)

Born in Ireland

Whitley Stokes, CSI, CIE, FBA was an Irish lawyer and Celtic scholar.

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William Gully, 1st Viscount Selby

First Name William

Last Name Selby

Born on August 29, 1835

Died on November 6, 1909 (aged 74)

William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby PC, KC was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1895 and 1905.

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Eduard II. Nietner

First Name Eduard

Last Name Nietner

Born on June 30, 1842

Died on March 10, 1909 (aged 66)

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Edward Henry Harriman

First Name Edward

Last Name Harriman

Born on February 20, 1848

Died on September 9, 1909 (aged 61)

Born in United States of America, New York, Hempstead

Edward Henry Harriman was an American railroad executive.

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Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield

First Name Henry

Last Name Sheffield

Born on January 18, 1832

Died on April 21, 1909 (aged 77)

Henry North Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, styled Viscount Pevensey until 1876, was an English Conservative politician and patron of cricket. The Sheffield Shield is named after him.

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Matthew Butler

First Name Matthew

Last Name Butler

Born on March 8, 1836

Died on April 14, 1909 (aged 73)

Born in United States of America, South Carolina

Matthew Calbraith Butler was an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, postbellum three-term United States Senator, and a major general in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War.

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