List of Famous people who died in 1940

Daisy Dunnett

First Name Daisy
Died on July 3, 1940
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Captain Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Bt.

First Name Captain
Last Name Bt.
Born on March 1, 1859
Died on November 13, 1940 (aged 81)
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Richard Cecil Parker

First Name Richard
Last Name Parker
Born on September 11, 1919
Died on October 17, 1940 (aged 21)
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Sir Reginald William Coventry

First Name Sir
Born on August 29, 1869
Died on December 3, 1940 (aged 71)
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Karl Andreas Hofmann

First Name Karl
Last Name Hofmann
Born on January 1, 1870
Died on January 1, 1940 (aged 70)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Karl Andreas Hofmann was a German inorganic chemist. He is best known for his discovery of a family of clathrates which consist of a 2-D metal cyanide sheet, with every second metal also bound axially to two other ligands. These materials have been named 'Hofmann clathrates' in his honour.

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John Lloyd-Mostyn

First Name John
Last Name Lloyd-Mostyn
Born on February 19, 1922
Died on January 10, 1940 (aged 17)
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Charles John Crawford

First Name Charles
Last Name Crawford
Died on March 19, 1940
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Lucy Margaret Greenly

First Name Lucy
Last Name Greenly
Born on January 1, 1876
Died on October 13, 1940 (aged 64)
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Elinor Charteris

First Name Elinor
Last Name Charteris
Died on October 31, 1940
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Mabel Smith

First Name Mabel
Last Name Smith
Died on May 19, 1940
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