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In the year 1855
259 Notable birthdays
Adolf Brütt
German sculptor.
Born May 10th, 1855 in Husum. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1939 at 84 years old in Bad Berka. [ref]
Ludwik Solski
Polish theatre actor and director (1855–1954).
Born January 20th, 1855 in Gdów. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1954 at 99 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Emilio Estrada Carmona
President of ecuador (1911).
Died December 21st, 1911 at 56 years old in Guayaquil (heart failure).
Hans Jacob Hansen
Danish zoologist.
Born August 10th, 1855 in Denmark. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1936 at 80 years old in Gentofte Municipality. [ref]
Emmanuel Drake del Castillo
French botanist (1855-1904).
Born December 28th, 1855 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 14th, 1904 at 48 years old in Saint-Cyran-du-Jambot.
Jay Hunt
Film director, actor (1855-1932).
Born August 4th, 1855 in Philadelphia.
Died November 18th, 1932 at 77 years old in Los Angeles.
Eduardo Toda y Güell
Catalan archaeologist, diplomat, bibliographer and egyptologist (1855-1941).
Born January 9th, 1855 in Reus.
Died April 26th, 1941 at 86 years old in Poblet.
Heinrich Grünfeld
Austrian cellist and composer (1855-1931).
Born April 21st, 1855 in Prague.
Died August 26th, 1931 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Pierre Puiseux
French astronomer (1855-1928).
Born July 20th, 1855 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1928 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Nataliya Kobrynska
Ukrainian writer, editor (1855-1920).
Born June 8th, 1855 in Beleluia. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1920 at 64 years old in Bolekhiv (typhus). [ref]
John Muirhead Macfarlane
British botanist (1855-1943).
Born September 28th, 1855 in Kirkcaldy.
Died September 16th, 1943 at 87 years old in Lancaster.
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen
Icelandic cartographer (1855-1921).
Born June 6th, 1855 in Flatey.
Died September 28th, 1921 at 66 years old in Frederiksberg.
Georg Loeschcke
German classical archaeologist (1852-1915).
Born August 22nd, 1855 in Penig.
Died November 26th, 1915 at 60 years old in Baden-Baden.
Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová
Slovak writer (1855-1939), editor.
Born January 6th, 1855 in Krupina. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1939 at 84 years old in Martin. [ref]
Hugo Vogel
German painter (1855-1934).
Born February 15th, 1855 in Magdeburg.
Died September 26th, 1934 at 79 years old in Berlin.
Alfred John North
Australian ornithologist.
Born June 11th, 1855 in Melbourne.
Died May 6th, 1917 at 61 years old in Sydney.
Arnold Lang
Swiss naturalist (1855-1914).
Born June 18th, 1855 in Oftringen.
Died November 30th, 1914 at 59 years old in Zürich.
Carl Joseph Schröter
Swiss botanist (1855-1939).
Born December 19th, 1855 in Esslingen am Neckar.
Died February 7th, 1939 at 83 years old in Zurich.
Eduard Robert Flegel
German explorer (1855-1886).
Born October 13th, 1855 in Vilnius.
Died September 11th, 1886 at 30 years old in Brass Island.
Giorgio Gusmini
Catholic cardinal (1855–1921).
Born December 9th, 1855 in Gazzaniga.
Died August 24th, 1921 at 65 years old in Bologna.
Nikolai V. Nasonov
Russian zoologist (1855–1939).
Born February 26th, 1855 in Moscow.
Died February 11th, 1939 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Hermann Julius Kolbe
German entomologist (1855-1939).
Died November 26th, 1939 at 84 years old in Lichterfelde.
Clara Eaton Cummings
American cryptogamic botanist and university teacher (1855-1906).
Born July 13th, 1855 in Plymouth. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1906 at 51 years old in Concord. [ref]
Hugo Conwentz
German botanist (1855–1922).
Born January 20th, 1855 in Gdańsk.
Died May 12th, 1922 at 67 years old in Berlin.
Théophile Alexis Durand
Belgian botanist (1855–1912).
Born September 4th, 1855 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1912 at 56 years old [ref]
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