May 1 John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid), dies at 85 May 3 David Capriles, Curacaos director of psychiatry, dies at 64 May 5 Bret Harte, American author (Outcasts of Poker Flat), dies at 65 May 26 Almon Brown Strowger, American undertaker and inventor (automatic telephone-dialing system), dies at 62 [1] May 27 Jan Ferguut [Jan van Droogenbroeck], Belgian poet, dies at 67 May 28 Adolf Kussmaul, German physician (stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease), dies at 80 Apr 1902 Famous Deaths by Year Jun 1902 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning