Aug 9 Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 Aug 11 Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (radiant light), dies at 56 Aug 16 Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling Aug 20 Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 Philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling 1853 Famous Deaths by Year 1855
