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May1898

Famous People Who Died in May 1898

May 1 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian and archivist (Brussels), dies at 81
May 2 Charles C. Walcutt, American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, dies of an old war wound at 60

William Gladstone (1809-1898)

May 19 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Liberal: 1868-74, 1880-86, 1892-94), dies of heart failure at 88

William Gladstone

May 22 Edward Bellamy, American author (Looking Backward) and socialist, dies of tuberculosis at 48

Famous People by Cause of Death