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September1851

Famous People Who Died in September 1851

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Sep 10 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American pioneer of educating the deaf, dies at 63
Sep 11 Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist and minister (Graham cracker) (b. 1794)

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)

Sep 14 1st major American novelist (The Last of the Mohicans), dies of dropsy at 61

James Fenimore Cooper

Sep 28 Allen Frances Gardiner, British naval officer and Anglican missionary (Port Natal, Zululand; Patagonia), dies of starvation on Picton Island at about 57 [exact date unconfirmed]

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