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Famous People Who Died in March 1915

  • Mar 4 William Willett, British inventor of Daylight Saving Time, dies of influenza at 58
  • Mar 11 Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (Robbery Under Arms), dies at 88
  • Mar 13 Sergei Witte, 1st Prime Minister of Russia (1905-06), dies at 65
  • Mar 17 Walter Crane, English painter, cartoonist and illustrator (The Lady of Shalott), dies at 69
  • Mar 19 Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat and Roman Catholic cardinal, dies at 82

Person of interestFrederick Winslow Taylor

Mar 21 Frederick Winslow Taylor, American mechanical engineer and the father of scientific management, dies of influenza at 59

Mechanical Engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor
Mechanical Engineer
Frederick Winslow Taylor
  • Mar 24 Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846)
  • Mar 31 Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (Olympic gold 1908), dies at 32

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