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Famous People Who Died in March 1840

  • Mar 2 Wilhelm Olbers, German astronomer and physician who discovered asteroids (Pallas & Vesta), dies at 81
  • Mar 12 Friedrich Westenholz, German composer, dies at 61
  • Mar 22 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician, dies at 41
  • Mar 23 William Maclure, Scottish-American geologist (first geological map), dies at 76
  • Mar 28 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89

Beau Brummell (1778-1840)

Mar 30 English dandy famous for his fashion style of simplicity and elegance, dies of syphilis at 61