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L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud) (1874-1942)

Authors - M Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Children's Location - Canada Nationality - Canadian Year of Death - 1940-1949

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Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)

Authors - L Cause of Death - Cancer Genre - Fiction Location - Canada Nationality - Canadian Year of Death - 1940-1949

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Elizabeth Smart (1913-1986)

Authors - S Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Fiction Genre - Poetry Location - England Nationality - Canadian Year of Death - 1980-1989

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Johanna Spyri (1827-1901)

Death: 7th July 1901 Location: Sihlfeld Cemetery, Zürich, Switzerland Photo taken by: DeadGoodBooks Buy books by Johanna Spyri Swiss children’s author, best remembered for Heidi . She was born Johanna Louise Heusser in rural Switzerland. She married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer, in 1852 and while living in Zürich she started to write about life in the country. The story of Heid i was an instant success and although she had written other books and continued to write until her death the enduring popularity of Heidi overshadows her other work. It is the story of an orphan who lives with her grandfather in the Alps and is famous for its portrayal of how children cope with the basic issues of life such as sickness and poverty. Johanna’s husband and only son both died in 1884 and she devoted the rest of her life to charitable causes and writing. She is an icon in Switzerland, and her portrait has appeared on both stamps and coins.

H. G. Wells (Herbert George) (1866-1946)

Death: 13th August 1946 Location: Cremated at Golders Green Crematorium. Ashes scattered at sea by Old Harry Rocks, Studland, Dorset, England Photo taken by: John Tomlinson Buy books by H.G. Wells English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary. Together with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback, Wells has been referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction" . Wells wrote several classics of science fiction including The Time Machine , The Island of Doctor Moreau , The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds .

Brunetto Latini (c.1220–1294)

Death: 1294 Location: Santa Maria Maggiore di Firenze , Florence, Tuscany, Italy Photo taken by: sailko Buy books by Brunetto Latini Italian philosopher, scholar, notary, and statesman. Between 1262 and 1266 he wrote a prose encyclopaedia in French, Li Livres dou Trésor, and an abridged version in Italian verse called the Tesoretto. Following the death of the father of Dante Alighieri , Latini became Dante’s guardian.

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

Death: 14th January 1898 Buried: Mount Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey, England Cause of death: Pneumonia Photo taken by: Clive and Chris Buy books by Lewis Carroll English author, poet and photographer, best remembered for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass . He was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Warrington, Cheshire and was the third of eleven children. Throughout his life he suffered with a stammer, but this not stop him from singing or telling stories to audiences. He was educated at home until he reached the age of twelve when he was sent away to school in Richmond and then to Rugby. In January 1851 he went to Christ Church College, Oxford. He excelled academically, without having to apply himself, and he gained the Lectureship in mathematics at Christ Church and remained there until he died. He never gave up teaching even when he could afford to live on his income from his writing. In 1856 he took up photography became well ...

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

Photo taken by: Remi Jouan Death: 11th October 1963 Location: Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples de Milly-la-Forêt, Milly-la-Forêt, Île-de-France, France Cause of death: Heart Attack Buy books by Jean Cocteau Photo taken by: D Villafruela French writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known novel is Les Enfants Terribles (1929). During World War I Cocteau served in the Red Cross as an ambulance driver. This was the period in which he met the poet Guillaume Apollinaire , artists Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani, and numerous other writers and artists with whom he later collaborated. In 1955 Cocteau was made a member of the Académie française. According to his wishes Cocteau is buried beneath the floor of the Chapelle Saint-Blaise des Simples in Milly-la-Forêt. The epitaph on his gravestone set in the floor of the chapel reads: Je reste avec vous / I stay with you.

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