List of Famous people who died in 1934
Henri-Paul Nénot
Henri Paul Nénot was a noted French architect.
Oscar Goerke
Oscar Goerke, Jr. was an American cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century. He was born in Brooklyn and died in Maplewood, New Jersey. Goerke competed in all seven events in cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri and won the silver in the 2 mile race.
A. C. Minchin
Alfred Corker Minchin was director of the Adelaide Zoological Gardens from 1893 to 1934.
Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet
Colonel Sir Alfred "Toby" Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, was an English soldier and intelligence officer, sportsman, pioneer motorist and aviator.
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton was an American botanist, bryologist, and educator. She and her husband, Nathaniel Lord Britton played a significant role in the fundraising and creation of the New York Botanical Garden. She was a co-founder of the predecessor to the American Bryological and Lichenological Society. She was an activist for protection of wildflowers, inspiring local chapter activities and the passage of legislation. Elizabeth Britton made major contributions to the literature of mosses, publishing 170 papers in that field.
Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke
Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke was an English banker and aristocrat.
Sydney Howard Vines
Sydney Howard Vines FRS was a British botanist and academic. He was Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford University from 1888 to 1919, and served as President of the Linnean Society of London from 1900 to 1904. He directed the publication of the Annals of Botany from 1887 to 1899.
Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto
Raden Mas Hadji Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto, better known in Indonesia as H.O.S. Tjokroaminoto, was an Indonesian nationalist. He became one of the leaders of the Islamic Trade Union, founded by Samanhudi, which became Sarekat Islam, which they both co-founded.
Robert Hippolyte Chodat
Robert Hippolyte Chodat was a Swiss botanist and phycologist who was a professor and director of the botanical institute at the University of Geneva.