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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Authors - H Cause of Death - Cancer Genre - Literature Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Authors - T Cause of Death - Tuberculosis Genre - Autobiography Genre - Philosophy Genre - Poetry Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Božena Němcová (1820-1862)

Authors - N Genre - Fiction Location - Czech Republic Nationality - Czech Year of Death - 1860-1869

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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

Authors - T Cause of Death - Stroke / Cerebral Hemorrhage Genre - Literature Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867)

Authors - H Genre - Poetry Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862)

Authors - U Genre - Poetry Location - Germany Nationality - German Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Nikolai Pomyalovsky (Никола́й Помяло́вский) (1835-1863)

Authors - P Cause of Death - Other Genre - Fiction Location - Russia Nationality - Russian Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Brothers Grimm (Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859))

Authors - G Genre - Children's Location - Germany Nationality - German Year of Death - 1850-1859 Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)

Authors - L Genre - Fiction Genre - Poetry Location - Italy Nationality - English Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863)

Authors - V Cause of Death - Cancer Genre - Drama Genre - Fiction Genre - Poetry Location - France Nationality - French Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869)

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Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

Authors - B Cause of Death - Stroke / Cerebral Hemorrhage Genre - Poetry Location - France Nationality - French Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)

Authors - B Genre - Poetry Location - Italy Nationality - English Year of Death - 1860-1869

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Mrs Beeton (Isabella Mary) (1836-1865)

Authors - B Cause of Death - Other Genre - Cookery Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1860-1869

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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

Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)

Death: 20th February 2005 Location: Cremated, ashes fired from cannon at his former home in Woody Creek, Colorado , United States Cause of death: Suicide – gunshot to head Buy books by Hunter S. Thompson American journalist and cult author credited with the creation of gonzo journalism, a journalistic style that blurs boundaries between fiction and non-fiction and author and subject. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky and joined the US Air Force, where he started writing for the newspaper of the Florida base that he was stationed on. In 1958 he was honorably discharged and moved to New York City where he started working as a copyboy for Time magazine, but he was fired for insubordination. In 1960 he relocated to Puerto Rico where he wrote freelance articles for American newspapers whilst traveling extensively and submitting short stories to publishers. In 1965 Thompson wrote an article for The Nation based on his experiences with a gang of Hells Angels, and

Aphra Behn (1640-1689)

Death: 16th April 1689 Location: Westminster Abbey , London, England Photo taken by: DeadGoodBooks Buy books by Aphra Behn Restoration novelist and playwright. Credited with being the first professional English female novelist. The exact details of her life are unknown, but is believed that she travelled to an English sugar colony in Suriname in the 1660s and that this trip was this inspiration for her most famous novel Oroonoko . It is also believed that she worked as a political spy in Antwerp for the court of Charles II.

Saadi (سعدی) (1291/1292-1210)

Death: 1291/1292 Location : Saadi Mausoleum , Shiraz, Fars, Iran Photos taken by: Omid Hatami & Ipaat Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī (ابومحمد مصلح الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی‎) better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī (سعدی‎) or simply Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but has also been quoted in western sources. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. His best known works are Bustan / The Orchard completed in 1257 and Gulistan / The Rose Garden (1258). Bustan is entirely in verse and consists of stories aptly illustrating the standard virtues recommended to Muslims (justice, liberality, modesty, contentment) as well as of reflections on the behavior of dervishes and their ecstatic practices. Gulistan is mainly in prose and contains stories and personal anecdotes.

Jean-François de Saint-Lambert (1716-1803)

Death: 9th February 1803 Location: Cimetière du Père Lachaise , Paris, France Plot: 11th Division Photo taken by: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Buy books by Jean-François de Saint-Lambert French poet, philosopher and military officer. He began writing poetry in his adolescence and by October 1733 he had already begun work on The Seasons , his major poetical work, which did not appear in print until 1769. He completed a multi-volume philosophical work in 1797-98, called Principe des mœurs chez toutes les nations ou Catéchisme universel / Principle of Morals Among All Nations, or Universal Catechism. He was elected to the Académie française in 1770.

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