Aug 8 William Miller, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 89 Aug 15 Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866) Aug 17 Richard Hoffman, English-American composer, dies at 78 Aug 19 Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies Aug 29 Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies at 67 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1908 Famous Deaths by Year 1910