Portal:Obituaries
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Obituaries |
| A listing of obituaries marking the death of notable persons, these are typically articles published in larger collective works. |
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17th Century [edit]
18th Century [edit]
- Bence Jones, from the 1773 The Chemical News
- Robert Lowth, from the 1787 The Gentleman's Magazine
- Adam Smith, from the 1790 The Times
19th Century [edit]
1801-1879 [edit]
- William Charles Wells, from the 1817 The Gentleman's Magazine
- Charles Macfaull, Editor of Perth Gazette, from the 1846 Perth Gazette
- William Carey, from the 1848 Bengal Obituary
- Hannah Marshman, from the 1848 Bengal Obituary
- Edgar Allan Poe, from the 1849 New York Tribune
- Major-General Sir Richard William Howard-Vyse, from 1853 The Gentleman's Magazine
- Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, from 1863 Illustrated London News
- In Memoriam W. M. Thackeray 1863, by Charles Dickens
- Death of Jem Mason, 1866 from The Sporting Life
- George Housman Thomas, from 1868 The Times
- George Housman Thomas, from 1868 The Gentleman's Magazine (volume 225, June - November 1868)
- Harriet Anne, 13th Baroness Zouche, from 1870 The Times
- “Charles Dickens” in The Times (1870)
- “Ashurst Turner Gilbert, Bishop of Chichester” in The Times (1870)
- Charles Babbage, from 1871 The Times
- “Alexander Cornewall Duff-Gordon” in The Times (1872)
- Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche, from 1873 The Times
- Justus Liebig, from the 1873 The Chemical News
- Keith Edward Abbott, from the 1874 Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London
- Colonel C.H. Morrison, from the 1876 Ouachita Telegraph
- Kirkman Daniel Hodgson,late member for Bristol, from 1879 The Times
1880-1899 [edit]
- Charles Robert Darwin, from the 1882 Transactions & Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
- Biography of George Storrs, from the 1883 The Granite Monthly, a New Hampshire Magazine
- William Drew Robeson I, from the 1883 Princeton Press
- Edward Backhouse Eastwick, distinguished oriental scholar, from the 1883 London Times
- Mr. Octavian Blewitt, from the 1883 London Times
- Gregory Helmersen, from the 1885 New York Times
- Queen Emma, from the 1885 New York Times
- Mr. Robert Hunt F.R.S., from the 1887 London Times
- Balfour Stewart, 1887 Royal Society
- Charles Darwin, from the 1888 Proceedings of the Royal Society
- Edwin Cowles, from the 1890 New York Times
- Dr. John J. Crane, from the 1890 New York Times
- Obituary: Mr. Westland Marston, from 1890 London Times
- Count Napoléon Daru, from the 1890 New York Times
- Mr. George T. Bettany, from 1891 London Times
- Mr. Alexander Charles Ewald, from 1891 London Times
- Rev. Henry Richards Luard, Registrary of the University of Cambridge, from 1891 London Times
- Alfred Goodwin, from the 1892 London Times
- Edmond Fremy, from the 1894 New York Times
- Wyatt Papworth, from the 1894 London Times
- Mrs. Andrew Crosse, née Berkeley, from 1895 London Times
- William John Fitzpatrick, from 1895 London Times
- John J. Gorman, from the 1895 New York Times
- James Kelly, from the 1895 New York Times
- John Parsons Earwaker, from 1895 London Times
- Mr. George Paul Macdonell, from 1895 London Times
- General Richard Updyke Sherman, from the 1895 New York Times
- Rev. Edmund Venables, precenter and canon residentiary of Lincoln, from 1895 London Times
- Richard Avenarius from 1896 The Psychological Review
- James Dixon, F.R.C.S., from the 1896 London Times
- Mr. Frederick Brooksbank Garnett, from the 1896 London Times
- Adalbert Krueger, from the 1896 Astronomical Journal
- Adalbert Krueger, from the 1896 Astrophysical Journal
- M. Henri van Laun, from the 1896 London Times
- Robert Harrison, Librarian of the London Library, from the 1897 London Times
- Obituary: Rev. William Garden Blaikie, from the 1899 London Times
- Mr. Charles Henry Coote, from the 1899 London Times
- Alexander Balloch Grosart, from the 1899 London Times
- “Dabney Herndon Maury,” in the Southern Historical Society Papers Volume 27, 1899
20th century [edit]
1900 – 1909 [edit]
- The Rev. Henry Furneaux, from the 1900 London Times
- Colonel William Raymond Lluellyn, from the 1900 London Times
- Mr. George Smith, from the 1901 Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement Volume I
- Kate Austin, from the 1902 Winn's Firebrand
- Mr. Arthur Cates, from the 1901 London Times
- Mr. Charles Kent, man of letters, from the 1902 London Times
- Canon Macdonnell, from the 1902 London Times
- Dr. George Birkbeck Norman Hill, from the 1903 London Times
- Mr. Thompson Cooper, from the 1904 London Times
- Dr. Thomas Fowler, President of Corpus Christi, Oxford, from the 1904 London Times
- Rev. Dr. Henry Palin Gurney, from the 1904 London Times
- Colonel William W. Knollys, from the 1904 London Times
- Mr. Norman MacColl, from the 1904 London Times
- Professor George Bond Howes, from the 1905 London Times
- Professor Lionel Smith Beale, from the 1906 London Times
- Miss Ellen Mary Clerke, from the 1906 London Times
- Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, from the 1906 London Times
- Mr. George Jacob Holyoake, from the 1906 London Times
- Mr. John Goldworth Alger, from the 1907 London Times
- Miss Agnes Mary Clerke, from the 1907 London Times
- Mr. J. A. Doyle, from the 1907 London Times
- Sir William Tennant Gairdner, from the 1907 London Times
- Archdeacon Samuel Cheetham, from the 1908 London Times
- Major-General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid, from the 1908 London Times
- Miss Mary Cruger, 1908 obituary in the New York Times[1]
- James John Hornby, Provost of Eton, from the 1909 London Times
- Mr. Edward Henry Marshall, from the 1909 London Times
- Professor William Richard Morfill, from the 1909 London Times
- Mr. George Barnett Smith, from the 1909 London Times
1910 – 1919 [edit]
- Mr. Arthur John Butler, from the 1910 London Times
- Frederick George Edwards, from the 1910 The Musical Times
- Alfred Henry Huth, from the 1910 London Times
- Leo Tolstoy, from the 1910 New York Times
- Canon J. A. Atkinson and the Rev. C. C. Atkinson, D.D., from the 1911 London Times
- Algernon Sidney Bicknell, from the 1911 London Times
- Mr. James Tait Black, from the 1911 London Times
- Edith Coleridge, from the 1911 London Times
- Mr. Æneas Mackay, from the 1911 London Times
- Calbraith Perry Rodgers, from the 1912 Chatanooga Times
- Mr. J. B. Atlay, from 1912 London Times
- Canon Henry Leigh Bennett, from 1912 London Times
- George Knottesford Fortescue, from 1912 London Times
- Dr. James Gairdner, C.B., from 1912 London Times
- Sir Frank Marzials, from 1912 London Times
- Dr. William Edward Armytage Axon, from 1913 London Times
- Isaac Saunders Leadam, from 1913 London Times
- Ross Winn, from the 1912 The Anarchist
- Dr. Patrick Weston Joyce, LL.D., Trinity College, Dublin, from 1914 London Times
- Canon Augustus Jessopp, from 1914 London Times
- Professor John Wesley Hales, from 1914 London Times
- Sir Arthur Herbert Church, Royal Academy Professor of Chemistry, from 1915 London Times
- Mr. Henry George Keene, C.I.E., from 1915 London Times
- Sir Theodore Cracraft Hope, thirty-five years' work for India, from 1915 London Times
- Death of Mr. R. Lydekker, Naturalist and Geologist, from 1915 London Times
- Death of Mr. Llewelyn Davies, Scholar and Liberal Churchman, from 1916 London Times
- Obituary: Professor John Ferguson, from 1916 London Times
- Dr. William Henry Fremantle, from 1916 London Times
- Obituary: Rev. William Dunn Macray, from 1916 London Times
- Colonel R. H. Vetch, C.B., from 1916 London Times
- The Rev. J. Cox Edghill. D.D., from the 1917 London Times
- Thomas Edward Kebbel, from the 1917 London Times
- Dr. James Bass Mullinger, from the 1917 London Times
- Colonel H. M. Vibart, from the 1917 London Times
- John Donohoe FitzGerald, from 1918 London Times
- Canon Scott Holland. Oxford Professor And London Preacher, from 1918 London Times
- Mr. Charles Francis Keary, a novelist, from 1917 London Times
- Death Of Sir Walter Armstrong. Art Critic And Writer, from 1918 London Times
- William John Hardy, F.S.A., from 1919 London Times
1920 – 1929 [edit]
- Miss Elizabeth Lee, from 1920 London Times
- George Clinch, from 1921 London Times
- Rev. Ronald Bayne, from 1922 London Times
- Professor George Simonds Boulger, from 1922 London Times
- W. H. R. Rivers, from 1922 Journal of the Polynesian Society
- Death of Sir Edward Carter Kersey Gonner, from 1922 London Times
- Robert Edmund Graves, from 1922 London Times
- Colonel Ernest Marsh Lloyd, from 1922 London Times
- Death of Canon Johnston, biographer of Pusey and Liddon, from 1923 London Times
- Captain Harold Lyon Thomson, from 1924 London Times
- William Westropp Brereton, from 1924 British Medical Journal
- James Britten, from 1924 London Times
- Professor Marcus Hartog, from 1924 London Times
- Robert Guthrie Poole Lansdown, from 1924 British Medical Journal
- John McCaw, from 1924 British Medical Journal
- Campbell William De Morgan, from 1924 British Medical Journal
- Mr. Gerald Patrick Moriarty, from 1924 London Times
- John William King Mullen, from 1924 British Medical Journal
- Alexander Charles O'Sullivan, from 1924 British Medical Journal
- Death of George Somes Layard, from 1925 London Times
- Lady Agnes Macdonell, from 1925 London Times
- Professor Frederick William Gamble, from 1926 London Times
- Sir Erskine Holland, a great international jurist, from 1926 London Times
- The Rev. Right Hon. Dr. Thomas Hamilton, Queen's College, from 1926 London Times
- Mr. Holcombe Ingleby, from 1926 London Times
- Mr. George Farewell Jones, from the 1926 London Times
- Sir Sidney Lee, from 1926 London Times
- Everard Green, Somerset Herald, from 1926 London Times
- Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, from 1926 London Times
- Mr. Alfred Trice Martin, from 1926 London Times
- Mr. Philip Henry Bagenal, from 1927 London Times
- Mr. Arthur Aikin Brodribb, from 1927 London Times
- Sir Sidney Colvin, art critic and friend of Stevenson, from 1927 London Times
- Sir John Keltie, a pioneer of modern geography, from 1927 London Times
- Dr. Alexander Hastie Millar, from 1927 London Times
- Edward Lee Warner, from 1927 London Times
- Obituary: Mr. Osmund Airy, from 1928 London Times
- James Edmund Harting, from 1928 London Times
- Thomas Macgregor Greer, from 1928 London Times
- Mr. George Vere Benson, from 1929 London Times
1930 onwards [edit]
- Mr. Mackenzie Bell, from the 1930 London Times
- Sir John. R. Findlay, Public Services to Scotland, from the 1930 London Times
- Sir Israel Gollancz, Early And Middle English, from the 1930 London Times
- Harry Reginald Holland Hall, M.B.E., Archaeologist And Historian, from the 1930 London Times
- The Very Rev William Holden Hutton, The Dean of Winchester, scholar and preacher, from the 1930 London Times
- Sir Henry Knollys, K.C.V.O., from the 1930 London Times
- Lady Margaret Verney, from the 1930 London Times
- Professor Charles Harold Herford, from the 1931 London Times
- Professor William Hewins, from the 1931 London Times
- Mr. W. G. Black, from the 1932 London Times
- Sir Sidney Low, Journalist And Author, from the 1932 London Times
- Sidney Oldall Addy, from the 1933 London Times
- Mr. Robin Legge, Music Critic For 40 Years, from the 1933 London Times
- David Hannay, Naval Historian and Writer, from the 1934 London Times
- Henry Jenner, from the 1934 London Times
- Lady Lydia Miller Middleton, from the 1934 London Times
- “Augustus Frederick Montalba” in The Times (1938)
- Mr. A. I. Dasent, Nephew and Biographer of Delane, from the 1939 London Times
- Sir T. Hudson Beare, from the 1940 London Times
- Sir Arthur Harden, Nobel laureate, biochemist, from the 1940 London Times
- Henry Higgs, Economist and Civil Servant, from the 1940 London Times
- Dr. Alfred Cort Haddon, from the 1940 London Times
- Dr. William John Lawrence, Theatrical Historian, from the 1940 London Times
- Dr. Henry Forster Morley, from the 1943 London Times
- Dr. Hubert Hall, Public Record Office, from the 1944 London Times
- Rev. Dr. James Mackinnon, from the 1945 London Times
- Sir Frank Heath, Science and Industry, from the 1946 London Times
- Sir Philip Joseph Hartog, from the 1947 London Times
- Mohandas K. Gandhi, from the 1948 London Times
- John Alexander Herbert, from the 1948 London Times
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