Aug 3 Ambrogio Minoja, Italian classical composer, dies at 72 Aug 20 Richard Wainwright, composer and church organist, dies at 68 Aug 20 William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland, dies at 72 Aug 23 Amos Bull, American hymn composer, dies at 81 1824 Famous Deaths by Year 1826