Deaths Date 1859 August | History by KabAstro

Horace Mann (1796-1859)

Aug 2 American educator, author, abolitionist and politician who pioneered public schools, dies at 63

Aug 4 Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest, and eventual saint, dies at 73
Aug 10 George Staunton, English writer and traveller to China, dies at 68
Aug 28 Leigh Hunt, English poet, critic and journalist (Romantic Movement, "Jenny Kissed Me”), dies at 74