Feb 4 Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (discovered & named process of osmosis), dies at 70 Feb 15 Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry), dies at 52 Feb 17 William Collins, English landscape painter, dies at 58 Jan 1847 Famous Deaths by Year Mar 1847 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide