Deaths in History in 1956

H. L. Mencken

Jan 29 H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75

Jan 30 Gerrit Mannoury, mathematician/philosopher, dies at 88

A. A. Milne

Jan 31 A. A. Milne, English author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, dies at 74

Feb 2 Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
Feb 3 Émile Borel, French mathematician (b. 1871)
Feb 4 Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56
Feb 5 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
Feb 26 Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72
Feb 28 Emile Buisson, French murderer executed (b. 1902)

Elpidio Quirino

Feb 29 Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of Philippines (1949-53), dies at 65

Mar 3 Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79

Irene Joliot-Curie

Mar 17 Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel laureate 1935) and daughter of Marie Curie, dies at 58

Mar 18 Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85
Mar 18 Louis Bromfield, writer, dies at 59
Mar 22 George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71
Mar 24 Edmund Taylor Whittaker, British mathematician (applied mathematics and the theory of special functions), dies at 82
Mar 27 Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
Mar 29 Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)

Apr 2 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
Apr 2 Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies at 59
Apr 3 T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed
Apr 15 Emile Nolde [Hansen], German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88
Apr 19 Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70
Apr 19 Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at 52
Apr 21 Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)
Apr 24 Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72
Apr 30 Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
May 5 Karel Rudolph Gallas, Dutch lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88
May 11 Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
May 12 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87
May 13 Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54
May 15 Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)
May 16 H. B. Reese, American founder of Reese's (b. 1876)
May 20 Max Beerbohm, English caricaturist, writer and parodist (Saturday Review), dies at 83
May 29 Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65

Hiram Bingham

Jun 6 Hiram Bingham, American Archaeologist (Incan site of Machu Picchu), dies at 80

Jun 7 Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies
Jun 8 Marie Laurencin, French painter, dies at 72
Jun 11 Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61
Jun 17 Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892)
Jun 19 Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney, German poet/writer, dies at 82

Thomas J. Watson

Jun 19 Thomas J. Watson, Sr., American businessman (Chairman and CEO of IBM, 1914-1956), dies at 87

Jun 23 Michael Arlen [Dikran Kouyoumdjian], British author and scriptwriter (An American Verdict), dies at 60

Jun 25 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77
Jul 7 Gottfried Benn, writer, dies at 70
Jul 8 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
Jul 8 Giovanni Papini, Italian author/poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75
Jul 12 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80
Jul 18 Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
Jul 20 James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1868)
Jul 28 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher/graphologist, dies at 83
Jul 29 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83
Aug 2 Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109

Jackson Pollock

Aug 11 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)

Aug 14 Bertold Brecht, German poet and playwright (Mother Courage), dies at 58
Aug 14 Freiherr Constantine von Neurath, German foreign min (1932-38), dies
Aug 14 Bertolt Brecht, German poet and playwright (Mother Courage), dies of a heart attack at 58
Aug 15 Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83
Aug 25 Alfred C Kinsey, American biologist, zoologist and sexologist ("The Kinsey Reports"), dies at 62 from a heart ailment and pneumonia
Aug 25 Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies from a heart ailment and pneumonia at 62
Aug 26 Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist, dies at 75
Sep 8 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-45), dies at 84
Sep 8 Vital Celen, Flemish writer ('t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at 69

Billy Bishop

Sep 11 Billy Bishop, Canadian First World War flying ace, dies at 62

Sep 12 Hans Carossa, German writer, dies at 77
Sep 12 Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian politician (b. 1882)
Sep 18 Adélard Godbout, premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
Sep 21 Anastasio Somoza García [Tacho], General, dictator and President of Nicaragua (1937-56), assassinated by Roliberto Lopez at 60

Frederick Soddy

Sep 22 Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, dies at 79

Sep 26 Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78
Sep 27 Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash
Oct 2 Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73
Oct 6 Charles E. Merrill, American investment banker (Merrill Lynch), dies at 70

Clarence Birdseye

Oct 7 Clarence Birdseye, American inventor and founder of the modern frozen food industry (Birdseye), dies of a heart attack at 69

Oct 8 Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69
Oct 16 Jules Rimet, president of FIFA (b. 1873)
Oct 24 Henry Nicholas Ridley, British botanist (Malay Peninsula rubber industry), dies at 100
Oct 25 Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67

Pío Baroja

Oct 30 Pío Baroja y Nessi, Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer), dies at 83

Nov 1 Lajos Asztalos, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 67
Nov 1 Pietro Badoglio, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) and Italian General (1922-43), dies at 85
Nov 2 Leo Baeck, President of World Union for Progressive Judaism, dies at 83

Harry Ford Sinclair

Nov 10 Harry Ford Sinclair, founder of Sinclair Oil, dies at 80

Nov 22 Vincent (Moro-)Giafferi, French criminal (Caillaux/Landru), dies
Nov 23 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61
Dec 4 Alexander Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer, dies at 64

Dec 6 B.R. Ambedkar [Baba Saheb], Indian politician, jurist (architect of the Constitution of India) and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist Movement, dies after suffering from diabetes at 65

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Dec 14 Juho Kusti Paasikivi, president of Finland (b. 1870)
Dec 16 Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist and writer, dies at 66
Dec 20 Ramon Carrillo, Argentine neuroscientist and Public Health minister (b. 1906)
Dec 21 Lewis M Terman, psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies at 79
Dec 25 Robert Walser, Swiss writer, dies at 78
Dec 27 Lambert McKenna, Irish editor and lexicographer. (b. 1870)
Dec 28 Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76
Dec 29 Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73

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