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In the year 1850
241 Notable birthdays
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher (1850-1937); first czechoslovak president.
Born March 7th, 1850 in Hodonín. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1937 at 87 years old in Lány Castle. [ref]
Edward Bellamy
American author and socialist.
Born March 26th, 1850 in Chicopee. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1898 at 48 years old in Chicopee (tuberculosis). [ref]
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American author and poet.
Born November 5th, 1850 in Janesville.
Died October 30th, 1919 at 68 years old in New Haven County (cancer).
Eugen Goldstein
German physicist and the great science-history maker (1850-1930).
Born September 5th, 1850 in Gliwice.
Died December 26th, 1930 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Sofia Kovalevskaya
19th century russian mathematician.
Born January 15th, 1850 in Moscow. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1891 at 41 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish (pneumonia). [ref]
Ferdinand Braun
German inventor and physicist (1909 nobel prize).
Born June 6th, 1850 in Fulda. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1918 at 67 years old in New York City. [ref]
Albert Goodwill Spalding
American pitcher, manager, and business executive (1849–1915).
Born September 2nd, 1850 in Byron.
Died September 9th, 1915 at 65 years old in San Diego.
John Collier
British pre-raphaelite painter and author (1850-1934).
Born January 27th, 1850 in London. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1934 at 84 years old in London. [ref]
Pierre Loti
French writer (1850-1923).
Born January 14th, 1850 in Rochefort. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1923 at 73 years old in Hendaye. [ref]
John Watson
British theologian and writer 1850-1907.
Born November 3rd, 1850 in Manningtree.
Died May 6th, 1907 at 56 years old in Mount Pleasant.
Nikolai Golitsyn
Russian noble (1850-1925).
Born April 12th, 1850 in Moscow Governorate.
Died July 2nd, 1925 at 75 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Leonard Darwin
Son of charles darwin (1850-1943).
Born January 15th, 1850 in Downe. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1943 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Eugene Field
American writer (1850-1895).
Born September 3rd, 1850 in St. Louis.
Died November 4th, 1895 at 45 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Spanish architect.
Born December 21st, 1850 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1923 at 73 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Pavel Axelrod
Russian menshevik (1850–1928).
Born August 25th, 1850 in Pochep.
Died April 16th, 1928 at 77 years old in Berlin.
Seth Low
American mayor (1850-1916).
Born January 18th, 1850 in Brooklyn.
Died September 17th, 1916 at 66 years old in Bedford Hills (cancer).
Charles Richet
French physiologist and parapsychologist.
Born August 25th, 1850 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1935 at 85 years old in Paris.
Sami Frashëri
Ottoman-albanian writer, philosopher, playwright (1850-1904).
Born June 1st, 1850 in Frashër.
Died June 18th, 1904 at 54 years old in Istanbul.
Jane Ellen Harrison
British classical scholar, linguist and feminist (1850–1928).
Born September 9th, 1850 in Cottingham. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1928 at 77 years old in Bloomsbury. [ref]
Henry Louis Le Châtelier
French chemist.
Born October 8th, 1850 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1936 at 85 years old in Miribel-les-Échelles. [ref]
Spencer Gore
British tennis player (1850-1906).
Born March 10th, 1850 in Wimbledon.
Died April 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Ramsgate.
William Henry Welch
American physician and scientist.
Born April 8th, 1850 in Norfolk.
Died April 30th, 1934 at 84 years old in Johns Hopkins Hospital (prostate cancer).
John Wellborn Root
American architect.
Born January 10th, 1850 in Georgia. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1891 at 41 years old in Chicago (pneumonia). [ref]
Mortimer Durand
British diplomat (1850-1924).
Born February 14th, 1850 in Bhopal.
Died June 8th, 1924 at 74 years old in Somerset.
Ivan Vazov
Bulgarian writer and poet (1850-1921).
Born July 9th, 1850 in Sopot. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1921 at 71 years old in Sofia. [ref]
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