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Famous People Who Died in July 1883

  • Jul 1 Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 39
  • Jul 5 Frederick Scotson Clark, English organist and composer, dies at 42
  • Jul 9 Adrien Louis Boieldieu, French composer, dies at 67
  • Jul 12 Hermann Zopff, German composer, dies at 57
  • Jul 15 Charles Stratton [General Tom Thumb], American entertainer and famous small person (40"), worked with P. T. Barum, dies of a stroke at 44

Matthew Webb (1848-1883)

Jul 24 English long distance swimmer who was first to swim unassisted across the English Channel, drowns in the Niagara Falls whirlpool at 35

  • Jul 25 William Beall, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army, relief efforts for prisoners), dies at 58
  • Jul 27 Albert Franz Doppler, Austrian flautist and composer, dies at 61
  • Jul 27 Montgomery Blair, American lawyer (Dred Scott v. Sandford), dies at 70