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Famous People Who Died in April 1854

  • Apr 6 William Strickland, US architect, dies
  • Apr 11 Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55
  • Apr 15 Arthur Aikin, English scientist and writer (b. 1773)
  • Apr 17 Gottlob Wiedebein, German composer, dies at 74
  • Apr 18 Józef Elsner, Polish composer, musicologist, and teacher of Chopin, dies at 84
  • Apr 19 Robert Jameson, Scottish naturalist (b. 1774)
  • Apr 22 Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier, dies at 67
  • Apr 29 Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general, dies at 85