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Famous People Who Died in November 1899

  • Nov 19 (Maria) Catharina Beersmans, Belgian stage actress (Medea; The Empty Cradle; The Bad Shepherds), dies at 55
  • Nov 19 John William Dawson, Canadian geologist, dies at 79
  • Nov 21 Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
  • Nov 24 Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
  • Nov 25 Robert Lowry, American hymn composer, dies at 73
  • Nov 27 Felipe Gutiérrez Y Espinosa, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 74
  • Nov 27 Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest and poet, dies at 69
  • Nov 28 Adriaan de la Rey, eldest son of Boer General Koos de la Rey, dies in The Battle of Modder River, Cape Colony (now South Africa) at 19
  • Nov 28 Robert Brank Vance, American politician (US Representatives from North Carolina, 1873-85), dies at 71