On This Day

Famous People Who Died in December 1907

  • Dec 3 Allen Thomas, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 76
  • Dec 8 Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies

Person of interestWilliam Thomson

Dec 17 William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist (Kelvin Scale) and engineer (transatlantic telegraph), dies of a chill at 83

Mathematical Physicist and Engineer William Thomson
Mathematical Physicist and Engineer
William Thomson
  • Dec 21 Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (public baths), dies at 58
  • Dec 23 Pierre Janssen, French astronomer, discovered helium, dies at 83
  • Dec 24 Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies
  • Dec 31 Jules de Trooz, Belgium PM, dies at 63

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