April1912

Famous People Who Died in April 1912

Apr 4 Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 72
Apr 4 Charles Brantley Aycock, 50th Governor of North Carolina (1901-05), dies at 52

Clara Barton

Apr 12 Clara Barton, American nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, dies of tuberculosis at 90

Clara Barton — Pioneering Nurse and Humanitarian Clara Barton

Apr 13 Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author, dies at 26
Apr 14 Henri Brisson, French statesman (b. 1835)

Edward Smith

Apr 15 Edward Smith, English naval captain of the RMS Titanic, dies when the ship sinks in the Atlantic Ocean aged 62

Edward Smith — Captain of the Titanic Edward Smith

Apr 15 John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman & soldier (richest passenger aboard the Titanic), dies aboard the Titanic at 47
Apr 15 William T. Stead, British newspaper editor (The Pall Mall Gazette), dies in the sinking of the Titanic at 62

Bram Stoker

Apr 20 Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager and writer (Dracula), dies at 64

Bram Stoker — Novelist Bram Stoker

Apr 24 Justin M'Carthy, Irish politician and novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81
Apr 30 František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 63

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