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In the year 1915

118 Notable deaths

Booker T. Washington

African-american educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915).

Born April 5th, 1856 in Hale's Ford. [ref]

Died November 14th, 1915 at 59 years old in Tuskegee (cardiovascular disease). [ref]

Frederick Winslow Taylor

American mechanical engineer.

Born March 20th, 1856 in Germantown. [ref]

Died March 21st, 1915 at 59 years old in Philadelphia (pneumonia). [ref]

Edith Cavell

British nurse (1865-1915).

Born December 4th, 1865 in Swardeston.

Died October 12th, 1915 at 49 years old in Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek (ballistic trauma).

Leo Frank

American factory superintendent and lynching victim.

Born April 17th, 1884 in Cuero.

Died August 17th, 1915 at 31 years old in Marietta (lynching).

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Social and political leader during the indian independence movement (1866-1915).

Born May 9th, 1866 in Bombay Presidency, Ratnagiri district. [ref]

Died February 19th, 1915 at 48 years old in Mumbai, Pune. [ref]

Alexander Scriabin

Russian pianist and composer.

Born January 6th, 1872 in Moscow. [ref]

Died April 27th, 1915 at 43 years old in Moscow (sepsis). [ref]

Paul Ehrlich

German physician and scientist.

Born March 14th, 1854 in Strzelin. [ref]

Died August 20th, 1915 at 61 years old in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (stroke). [ref]

Henry Moseley

English physicist.

Born November 23rd, 1887 in Weymouth.

Died August 10th, 1915 at 27 years old in Gallipoli (cardiac arrest).

Rupert Brooke

English poet (1887–1915).

Born August 3rd, 1887 in Rugby.

Died April 23rd, 1915 at 27 years old in Aegean Sea (sepsis). [ref]

Keir Hardie

Scottish socialist and labour leader (1856-1915).

Born August 15th, 1856 in North Lanarkshire. [ref]

Died September 26th, 1915 at 59 years old in Glasgow (stroke). [ref]

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