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Famous People Who Died in May 1808

  • May 5 Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist, dies at 50
  • May 18 Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor, dies at 70
  • May 18 Jacob Albright, German-American Christian leader, founder of Albright's People (Evangelical Association), dies at 49
  • May 28 Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)