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José Hernández (1834-1886)

Authors - H Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Poetry Location - Argentina Nationality - Argentine Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883)

Authors - F Genre - Poetry Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Authors - D Cause of Death - Kidney Disease / Failure Genre - Poetry Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

Authors - F Cause of Death - Stroke / Cerebral Hemorrhage Genre - Literature Location - France Nationality - French Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Authors - E Cause of Death - Pneumonia Genre - Essay Genre - Philosophy Genre - Poetry Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Raffi (Րաֆֆի) (1835-1888)

Authors - R Genre - Fiction Location - Georgia Nationality - Armenian Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

Authors - D Genre - Fiction Location - England Nationality - British Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Authors - L Cause of Death - Other Genre - Poetry Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Karl Marx (1818-1883)

Authors - M Cause of Death - Lung Disease / Failure Genre - History Genre - Philosophy Location - England Nationality - German Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888)

Authors - O Genre - Fiction Location - England Nationality - British Year of Death - 1880-1889

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George Eliot (1819-1880)

Authors - E Cause of Death - Kidney Disease / Failure Genre - Literature Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1880-1889

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August Šenoa (1838-1881)

Authors - S Cause of Death - Pneumonia Location - Croatia Nationality - Croatian Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Authors - B Genre - Poetry Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Ludwig Anzengruber (1839-1889)

Authors - A Cause of Death - Other Genre - Drama Location - Austria Nationality - Austrian Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)

Authors - T Genre - Literature Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Nikolay Dobrolyubov (Никола́й Добролю́бов) (1836-1861)

Authors - D Cause of Death - Tuberculosis Genre - Essay Location - Russia Nationality - Russian Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Fran Levstik (1831-1887)

Authors - L Genre - Fiction Location - Slovenia Nationality - Slovene Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Captain Mayne Reid (1818-1883)

Authors - R Genre - Children's Location - England Nationality - American Nationality - Irish Year of Death - 1880-1889

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János Arany (1817-1882)

Authors - A Genre - Poetry Location - Hungary Nationality - Hungarian Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Dinah Craik (1826-1887)

Authors - C Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Fiction Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Edogawa Ranpo (江戸川乱歩) (1894-1965)

Death: 28th July 1965 Location: Tama Reien (多磨霊園), Fuchu, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan Plot: 26-1-17-6 Cause of death: Cerebral Haemorrhage Photo taken by: Honeydance Buy books by Edogawa Rampo Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogorō Akechi , who in later books, for juvenile readers, was the leader of the Boy Detective's Gang (少年探偵団). Rampo was an admirer of western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe (his pen name is a rendering of Poe's name). He was also influenced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , whom he attempted to translate into Japanese. In 1923 he made his literary debut by publishing the mystery story The Two-Sen Copper Coin (二銭銅貨). Over the course of the next several years, Edogawa went on to write a number of other stories that focus on crimes and the processes involved in solving them. Among these stories are a number of...

Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies

Death: Arthur - 19th April 1907; Sylvia - 27 August 1910 Cause of death: Cancer Location: St. John at Hampstead, London, England. Plot: Churchyard extension (J2) Photo taken by : DeadGoodBooks Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies are best remembered for being the parents of the boys who served as the inspiration for Peter Pan and the other children of J.M. Barrie 's stories of Neverland . Arthur met Sylvia du Maurier at a dinner party in 1889 and they became engaged shortly after. Sylvia was the daughter of George du Maurier , sister of actor Gerald du Maurier, and the aunt of novelists Angela and Daphne du Maurier . The couple married in 1892, and they had five children, all boys: George (1893–1915), Jack (1894–1959), Peter (1897–1960), Michael (1900–1921), and Nicholas (1903–1980). In 1897, George and Jack became friends with the dramatist J. M. Barrie, whom they met during outings in Kensington Gardens. Arthur did not encourage the ongoing friendsh...

J. M. Barrie (Sir James Matthew Barrie) (1860-1937)

Death: 19th June 1937 Cause of death: Pneumonia Location: Kirriemuir Cemetery, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland Photo taken by: Barrie Caveman Buy books by J.M. Barrie Scottish novelist and dramatist. Best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan . He studied at Edinburgh University and after completing his education he became a journalist and moved to London. He married the actress Mary Ansell, but it was an unhappy marriage and ended in divorce. Barrie became friends with the Llewelyn-Davies family after meeting them whilst walking his dog in Kensington Gardens. Barrie became the guardian of the five Llewelyn-Davis boys after they were orphaned. Their mother, Sylvia , was the daughter of the author George du Maurier. Barrie entertained the boys with stories which led to the creation of Peter Pan ; the copyright of which Barrie gave to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

Michael Llewelyn Davies (1900-1921)

Death: 19th May 1921 Cause of death: Drowning Location: St Johns at Hampstead (Churchyard Extension), London, England Photo taken by: DeadGoodBooks Michael Llewelyn Davies was the forth of the five sons of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies . He is widely reported to be the individual who most influenced J. M. Barrie in the creation of Peter Pan . He drowned in suspicious circumstances with a close friend just short of his 21st birthday. J. M. Barrie became guardian of the Llewelyn Davies boys following the death of their father in 1907 and their mother in 1910. Michael attended Christ Church, Oxford, where he became very close to Rupert Buxton. Shortly before Davies' 21st birthday, he and Buxton drowned together in Sandford Pool on the River Thames. The closeness of Davies and Buxton, combined with the uncertain circumstances of their death, led to speculation that the pair had died in a suicide pact. The Sandford Pool was well known as a drowning hazard a...

Ricardo Palma (1833-1919)

Death: 6th October 1919 Location: Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro, Bario Alto, Lima, Peru Photo taken by: Fmurillo26 Buy books by Ricardo Palma Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician. Palma's literary reputation rests upon his creation and development of the literary genre known as tradiciones , short stories that mix history and fiction, written both to amuse and educate. His Tradiciones peruanas span several centuries, with an emphasis on earlier colonial and republican times in Peru. Some of the Tradiciones peruanas have been translated into English under the title The Knights of the Cape and Thirty-seven Other Selections from the Tradiciones Peruanas of Ricardo Palma (1945) and more recently under the title Peruvian Traditions (2004). His son Clemente Palma became a prominent writer of fantastic tales, usually horror stories that were influenced by Edgar Allan Poe. His daughter Angélica Palma was also a writer and a member of the early femin...

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