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A listing of obituaries marking the death of notable persons, these are typically articles published in larger collective works.

17th Century

Epitaph of M. Pascal, Pere

18th Century

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

1801–1879

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
Obituary:William Wing (1855), Natural History Review
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," in The Times (1868)
George Housman Thomas, from 1868 The Gentleman's Magazine (volume 225, June - November 1868)
"Harriet Anne, 13th Baroness Zouche," in The Times (1870)
"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," in The Times (1873)
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," in The Times (1879)

1880–1899

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," in The Times (1883)
"Mr. Octavian Blewitt," in The Times (1884)
Gregory Helmersen, from the 1885 New York Times
Queen Emma, from the 1885 New York Times
"Mr. Robert Hunt F.R.S.," in The Times (1887)
"The late Very Rev. Canon O'Rourke, P.P., V.F., Maynooth" in Freeman's Journal, 1887
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," in The Times (1890)
Count Napoléon Daru, from the 1890 New York Times
"Mr. George T. Bettany," in The Times (1891)
"Mr. Alexander Charles Ewald," in The Times (1891)
"Rev. Henry Richards Luard, Registrary of the University of Cambridge," in The Times (1891)
"Alfred Goodwin," in The Times (1892)
"John Cashel Hoey," in The Times (1892)
Edmond Fremy, from the 1894 New York Times
"Wyatt Papworth," in The Times (1894)
"Mrs. Andrew Crosse, née Berkeley," in The Times (1895)
"William John Fitzpatrick," in The Times (1895)
John J. Gorman, from the 1895 New York Times
James Kelly, from the 1895 New York Times
"John Parsons Earwaker," in The Times (1895)
"Mr. George Paul Macdonell," in The Times (1895)
General Richard Updyke Sherman, from the 1895 New York Times
"Rev. Edmund Venables, precenter and canon residentiary of Lincoln," in The Times (1895)
Richard Avenarius from 1896 The Psychological Review
Gilbert William Child, from the 1896 British Medical Journal
"James Dixon, F.R.C.S.," in The Times (1896)
"Mr. Frederick Brooksbank Garnett," in The Times (1896)
Adalbert Krueger, from the 1896 Astronomical Journal
Adalbert Krueger, from the 1896 Astrophysical Journal
"M. Henri van Laun," in The Times (1896)
"Robert Harrison, Librarian of the London Library," in The Times (1897)
"Obituary: Rev. William Garden Blaikie," in The Times (1899)
"Mr. Charles Henry Coote," in The Times (1899)
"Alexander Balloch Grosart," in The Times (1899)
“Dabney Herndon Maury,” in the Southern Historical Society Papers Volume 27, 1899

20th century

1900–1909

"The Rev. Henry Furneaux," in The Times (1900)
"Colonel William Raymond Lluellyn," in The Times (1900)
Mr. George Smith, from the 1901 Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement Volume I
Kate Austin, from the 1902 Winn's Firebrand
"Mr. Arthur Cates," in The Times (1901)
"Mr. Charles Kent, man of letters," in The Times (1902)
"Canon Macdonnell," in The Times (1902)
"Dr. George Birkbeck Norman Hill," in The Times (1903)
"Mr. Thompson Cooper," in The Times (1904)
"Dr. Thomas Fowler, President of Corpus Christi, Oxford," in The Times (1904)
"Rev. Dr. Henry Palin Gurney," in The Times (1904)
"Colonel William W. Knollys," in The Times (1904)
"Mr. Norman MacColl," in The Times (1904)
"Professor George Bond Howes," in The Times (1905)
“Carl Schurz 1829-1906,” by William Dean Howells, from the May 26, 1906, Harper's Weekly
“Carl Schurz, Pilot,” by Mark Twain, from the May 26, 1906, Harper's Weekly
"Professor Lionel Smith Beale," in The Times (1906)
"Miss Ellen Mary Clerke," in The Times (1906)
"Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff," in The Times (1906)
"Mr. George Jacob Holyoake," in The Times (1906)
"Mr. John Goldworth Alger," in The Times (1907)
"Miss Agnes Mary Clerke," in The Times (1907)
"Mr. J. A. Doyle," in The Times (1907)
"Sir William Tennant Gairdner," in The Times (1907)
"Archdeacon Samuel Cheetham," in The Times (1908)
"Major-General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid," in The Times (1908)
Miss Mary Cruger, 1908 obituary in the New York Times [1]
"James John Hornby, Provost of Eton," in The Times (1909)
"Mr. Edward Henry Marshall," in The Times (1909)
"Professor William Richard Morfill," in The Times (1909)
"Mr. George Barnett Smith," in The Times (1909)

1910–1919

Elizabeth Blackwell, from the 1910 British Medical Journal
"Mr. Arthur John Butler," in The Times (1910)
Frederick George Edwards, from the 1910 The Musical Times
"Alfred Henry Huth," in The Times (1910)
Leo Tolstoy, from the 1910 New York Times
"Canon J. A. Atkinson and the Rev. C. C. Atkinson, D.D.," in The Times (1911)
"Algernon Sidney Bicknell," in The Times (1911)
"Mr. James Tait Black," in The Times (1911)
"Edith Coleridge," in The Times (1911)
"Mr. Æneas Mackay," in The Times (1911)
Calbraith Perry Rodgers, from the 1912 Chatanooga Times
"Mr. J. B. Atlay," in The Times (1912)
"Canon Henry Leigh Bennett," in The Times (1912)
"George Knottesford Fortescue," in The Times (1912)
"Dr. James Gairdner, C.B.," in The Times (1912)
"Sir Frank Marzials," in The Times (1912)
"Alone in Death" in The Diocesan Messenger, 1^st July, 1912 (about Bartoš Bittner)
"Dr. William Edward Armytage Axon," in The Times (1913)
"Isaac Saunders Leadam," in The Times (1913)
Ross Winn, from the 1912 The Anarchist
"Dr. Patrick Weston Joyce, LL.D., Trinity College, Dublin," in The Times (1914)
"Canon Augustus Jessopp," in The Times (1914)
"Professor John Wesley Hales," in The Times (1914)
Obituary of M. Christophe Edouard Mauss (1914)
"Sir Arthur Herbert Church, Royal Academy Professor of Chemistry," in The Times (1915)
Reminiscences of Gopal Krishna Gokhale in The Message and Ministrations of Dewan Bahadur R. Venkata Ratnam, volume 2/Chapter 31 (1915)
"Mr. Henry George Keene, C.I.E.," in The Times (1915)
"Sir Theodore Cracraft Hope, thirty-five years' work for India," in The Times (1915)
"Death of Mr. R. Lydekker, Naturalist and Geologist," in The Times (1915)
"Death of Mr. Llewelyn Davies, Scholar and Liberal Churchman," in The Times (1916)
"Obituary: Professor John Ferguson," in The Times (1916)
"Dr. William Henry Fremantle," in The Times (1916)
"Obituary: Rev. William Dunn Macray," in The Times (1916)
"Colonel R. H. Vetch, C.B.," in The Times (1916)
"Joseph Satran" in The Wilson World, vol. 40, no. 14 (1916)
"John Siman dead" in The Bohemian Review, 1 (2) (1917)
"A Little Bit of History" by Lev Sychrava in The Bohemian Review, 1 (5) (1917)
"The Rev. J. Cox Edghill. D.D.," in The Times (1917)
"Thomas Edward Kebbel," in The Times (1917)
"Dr. James Bass Mullinger," in The Times (1917)
The Rev. William Henry Thornton, from the 1916-1917 Devon and Cornwall Notes & Queries
"Colonel H. M. Vibart," in The Times (1917)
"John Donohoe FitzGerald," in The Times (1918)
"Canon Scott Holland. Oxford Professor And London Preacher," in The Times (1918)
"Mr. Charles Francis Keary, a novelist," in The Times (1917)
"Death Of Sir Walter Armstrong. Art Critic And Writer," in The Times (1918)
"William John Hardy, F.S.A.," in The Times (1919)
"General Štefanik" in The Czechoslovak Review, 3 (5) (1919)

1920–1929

"Miss Elizabeth Lee," in The Times (1920)
"George Clinch," in The Times (1921)
"Obituary: Francis S. J. Swehla" in The Wilson World (1921)
"Rev. Ronald Bayne," in The Times (1922)
"Professor George Simonds Boulger," in The Times (1922)
W. H. R. Rivers, from 1922 Journal of the Polynesian Society
"Death of Sir Edward Carter Kersey Gonner," in The Times (1922)
"Robert Edmund Graves," in The Times (1922)
"Colonel Ernest Marsh Lloyd," in The Times (1922)
"Mrs. Mekota dies in City", in Iowa City press-Citizen (1922)
"Death of Canon Johnston, biographer of Pusey and Liddon," in The Times (1923)
"Captain Harold Lyon Thomson," in The Times (1924)
Czechoslovakia's tribute to the memory of Woodrow Wilson (1924)
William Westropp Brereton, from 1924 British Medical Journal
"James Britten," in The Times (1924)
"Professor Marcus Hartog," in The Times (1924)
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," in The Times (1924)
John William King Mullen, from 1924 British Medical Journal
Alexander Charles O'Sullivan, from 1924 British Medical Journal
"Death of George Somes Layard," in The Times (1925)
"Lady Agnes Macdonell," in The Times (1925)
"Professor Frederick William Gamble," in The Times (1926)
"Sir Erskine Holland, a great international jurist," in The Times (1926)
"The Rev. Right Hon. Dr. Thomas Hamilton, Queen's College," in The Times (1926)
"Mr. Holcombe Ingleby," in The Times (1926)
"Mr. George Farewell Jones," in The Times (1926)
"Sir Sidney Lee," in The Times (1926)
"Everard Green, Somerset Herald," in The Times (1926)
"Charles Lethbridge Kingsford," in The Times (1926)
"Mr. Alfred Trice Martin," in The Times (1926)
"Mr. Philip Henry Bagenal," in The Times (1927)
"Mr. Arthur Aikin Brodribb," in The Times (1927)
"Sir Sidney Colvin, art critic and friend of Stevenson," in The Times (1927)
"Sir John Keltie, a pioneer of modern geography," in The Times (1927)
"Dr. Alexander Hastie Millar," in The Times (1927)
"Edward Lee Warner," in The Times (1927)
"Obituary: Mr. Osmund Airy," in The Times (1928)
"James Edmund Harting," in The Times (1928)
"Thomas Macgregor Greer," in The Times (1928)
"Mr. George Vere Benson," in The Times (1929)
"Silent messenger summons Anton Odvarka, sr." in The Colfax County Press and the Clarkson Herald Consolidated, 3^rd October, 1929

1930–1939

"Mr. Mackenzie Bell," in The Times (1930)
"Sir John. R. Findlay, Public Services to Scotland," in The Times (1930)
"Sir Israel Gollancz, Early And Middle English," in The Times (1930)
"Harry Reginald Holland Hall, M.B.E., Archaeologist And Historian," in The Times (1930)
"The Very Rev William Holden Hutton, The Dean of Winchester, scholar and preacher," in The Times (1930)
"Sir Henry Knollys, K.C.V.O.," in The Times (1930)
"Lady Margaret Verney," in The Times (1930)
"Professor Charles Harold Herford," in The Times (1931)
"Professor William Hewins," in The Times (1931)
"J. B. Sindelar joins the silent majority" in The Colfax County Press and the Clarkson Herald Consolidated, 12^th February, 1931
"Joseph B. Sindelar" by Lillie May Palik in The Schuyler Sun, 19^th February, 1931
"Mr. W. G. Black," in The Times (1932)
"Sir Sidney Low, Journalist And Author," in The Times (1932)
"Funeral rites for Frank Cejda" in West Point Republican, 28^th April, 1932
"Frank Cejda is laid to rest" in The Howells Journal, 29^th April, 1932
"Sidney Oldall Addy," in The Times (1933)
"Mr. Robin Legge, Music Critic For 40 Years," in The Times (1933)
"David Hannay, Naval Historian and Writer," in The Times (1934)
"Henry Jenner," in The Times (1934)
"Lady Lydia Miller Middleton," in The Times (1934)
"Death comes quickly to Emil Folda; last rites are tomorrow" in The Howells Journal, 1^st November, 1935
"Emil Folda" in The Schuyler Sun, 7^th November, 1935
"Mrs P. F. Svoboda, member of a pioneer Colfax County Family, passed away on Thursday of last week" in The Schuyler Sun, 16^th January, 1936
"Frederick James Matheson," in The Times (1936)
"Professor Bohumil Shimek, Noted S. U. I. Botanist, Passes At 75," in Iowa City Press-Citizen (1937)
"Professor Shimek, Botany Authority, Dies in Iowa City", in The Daily Times (1937)
"Bohumil Shimek–46 Years at Iowa City," in The Des Moines Register (1937)
"Fr. Anthony Folta Dies Saturday in Omaha Hospital" in The Dodge Criterion, 23^rd September, 1937
"Father Anthony Folta" in The Schuyler Sun, 23^rd September, 1937
"Services held for Father Folta at church at Dodge" in Fremont Tribune, 24^th September, 1937
"Augustus Frederick Montalba," in The Times (1938)
"Madame Wetche, musician, is dead" in The Standard-Star, 4^th October, 1938
"Mr. A. I. Dasent, Nephew and Biographer of Delane," in The Times (1939)

1940–1949

"Sir T. Hudson Beare," in The Times (1940)
"Sir Arthur Harden, Nobel laureate, biochemist," in The Times (1940)
"Henry Higgs, Economist and Civil Servant," in The Times (1940)
"Dr. Alfred Cort Haddon," in The Times (1940)
"Dr. William John Lawrence, Theatrical Historian," in The Times (1940)
"Dr. Henry Forster Morley," in The Times (1943)
"Joseph Sudik" in The Schuyler Sun, 7^th January, 1943
"Dr. Hubert Hall, Public Record Office," in The Times (1944)
"Rev. Dr. James Mackinnon," in The Times (1945)
"Funeral Rites for Joseph M. Mundil Held Last Saturday" by Marie Makousky in The Schuyler Sun, 20^th December, 1945
"Sir Frank Heath, Science and Industry," in The Times (1946)
"Sir Philip Joseph Hartog," in The Times (1947)
"Mohandas K. Gandhi," in The Times (1948)
"John Alexander Herbert," in The Times (1948)

1950 onwards

"Rev. Filipi gone-but not forgotten" in The Colfax County Press and the Clarkson Herald Consolidated, 29^th October, 1952
"Father Petlach dies at 81 years" in The Colfax County Press and the Clarkson Herald Consolidated, 7^th June, 1953
"Mrs. Joseph B. Makousky" in Colfax County Call, 19^th May, 1955
"Howells Pastor Passes Away Suddenly Monday" in The Dodge Criterion, 23^rd October, 1958 (about rev. Joseph J. Vitko)
"Mr Frank Cadogen Cowper has died at the age of 81.", in The Times (1958)
"Rafael De Szalatnay, 79", in The Record (1963)
"Rev. Drbal rites in Howells Tuesday" in The Schuyler Sun, 7^th December, 1963
"Former legislator Otto Kotouc dies", in Beatrice Daily Sun (1973)
"Private Rites Held For Otto Kotouc Sr.", in The Lincoln Star (1973)
"Libbie Scholten", in The Missoulian (1979)
"Sparkill artist Vytlacil exerted wide influence" in The Journal News, 12^th January, 1984
Germaine Casey, 2007 remarks by US President George W. Bush

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