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Famous People Who Died in October 1911

  • Oct 1 Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans), dies at 77
  • Oct 5 Charles Malherbe, French violinist and composer, dies at 58
  • Oct 7 John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835)
  • Oct 14 John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1877-1911), dies at 78
  • Oct 18 Alfred Binet, French child psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test (Binet–Simon test), dies at 54

Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911)

Oct 29 Hungarian-American publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) and Democratic politician whose bequest founded the Columbia School of Journalism and the Pulitzer Prize, dies at 64