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In the year 1853
20 Notable deaths
Frédéric Ozanam
French scholar (1813-1853).
Born April 23rd, 1813 in Milan.
Died September 8th, 1853 at 40 years old in Marseille.
Juan Donoso Cortés
Spanish author, political theorist and diplomat (1809-1853).
Born May 6th, 1809 in Valle de la Serena.
Died May 3rd, 1853 at 43 years old in Paris.
Manuel María Lombardini
President of mexico (1853).
Born July 23rd, 1802 in Mexico City.
Died December 22nd, 1853 at 51 years old in Mexico City.
Lionel Kieseritzky
Baltic german chess player (1806-1853).
Born January 1st, 1806 in Tartu.
Died May 21st, 1853 at 47 years old in Paris, former 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Branko Radičević
Serbian poet (1824–1853).
Born March 16th, 1824 in Slavonski Brod. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1853 at 29 years old in Vienna (tuberculosis). [ref]
Princess Amalia of Sweden
Swedish princess (1805-1853).
Born December 2nd, 1805 in Stockholm.
Died August 31st, 1853 at 47 years old in Oldenburg.
Joseph-René Bellot
French polar explorer (1826–1853).
Born March 18th, 1826 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 18th, 1853 at 27 years old in Wellington Channel.
Nils Blommér
Swedish painter (1816–1853).
Born June 12th, 1816 in Öved church parish.
Died February 1st, 1853 at 36 years old in Rome.
Charles G. Atherton
American politician (1804-1853).
Born July 4th, 1804 in Amherst.
Died November 15th, 1853 at 49 years old in Manchester.
Auguste Laurent
French chemist (1807–1853).
Born November 14th, 1807 in Saint-Maurice.
Died April 23rd, 1853 at 45 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Zahari Zograf
Bulgarian painter (1810-1853).
Born October 8th, 1810 in Samokov.
Died June 14th, 1853 at 42 years old in Samokov (typhus).
Henry Miers Elliot
British historian and colonial administrator (1808–1853).
Born March 1st, 1808 in Westminster.
Died December 20th, 1853 at 45 years old in Cape of Good Hope.
Hugh Edwin Strickland
British geologist and zoologist (1811-1853).
Born March 2nd, 1811 in Reighton.
Died September 14th, 1853 at 42 years old in Nottinghamshire (railway accident).
David Dadiani
Prince of mingrelia (1813–1853).
Born January 26th, 1813 in Chkaduashi.
Died August 30th, 1853 at 40 years old (malaria).
Johann Peter Hasenclever
German painter (1810-1853).
Born May 18th, 1810 in Remscheid.
Died December 16th, 1853 at 43 years old in Düsseldorf.
János Garay
Hungarian poet (1812–1853).
Born October 10th, 1812 in Szekszárd.
Died November 5th, 1853 at 41 years old in Pest.
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
German botanist (1816–1853).
Born December 26th, 1816 in Mühlhausen/Thuringia.
Died June 18th, 1853 at 36 years old in Berlin.
Charles Baker Adams
United states educator and naturalist (1814-1853).
Born January 11th, 1814 in Dorchester.
Died January 19th, 1853 at 39 years old in Saint Thomas Parish.
Joseph Gabet
French lazarist missionary that traveled in china with évariste régis huc (1808-1853).
Born December 4th, 1808 in Nevy-sur-Seille.
Died March 3rd, 1853 at 44 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Karl Andreas Geyer
German botanist (1809-1853).
Born November 30th, 1809 in Dresden.
Died November 21st, 1853 at 43 years old
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot