Deaths in the 1900s
13,000+ memorials
Isaac Falcke
1819–1909 (age 90)
Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Joseph Duveen
1843–1908 (age 65)
Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Joseph Duveen's connoisseurship shaped collections across the Atlantic.
Joseph Kohen-Zedek
1827–1903 (age 76)
Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Emily Marion Harris
1844–1900 (age 56)
Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Emily Marion Harris (7 June 1844 – 5 December 1900) was an English novelist, poet, and social worker.
Harriet Samuel
1836–1908 (age 72)
Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Asher Isaac Myers
1848–1902 (age 54)
Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Asher Isaac Myers wrote with integrity, illuminating the lives of his community and beyond.
Alexander Buchan
1829–1907 (age 78)
Warriston Cemetery
William Williams
1832–1900 (age 68)
Warriston Cemetery
William Williams FRSE PRCVS (1832–1900) was a Welsh veterinary surgeon who served as principal of the Dick Veterinary ...
George Aikman
1830–1905 (age 75)
Warriston Cemetery
George Assheton Smith
1848–1904 (age 56)
Vaynol
George Assheton Smith stewarded Vaynol with dignity and a generous spirit.
George Wardlaw Burnet
1853–1901 (age 48)
Warriston Cemetery
John Keith
1850–1902 (age 52)
Warriston Cemetery
John Keith opened doors across languages with thoughtful and precise translations.
Sir Thomas Clark, 1st Baronet
1823–1900 (age 77)
Warriston Cemetery
Sir Thomas Clark FRSE DL (1823–1900) was a Scottish publisher and politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh f...
William Bryson
1855–1906 (age 51)
Warriston Cemetery
William Bryson's engineering work advanced infrastructure with practical wisdom.
David Taylor Fish
1824–1901 (age 77)
Warriston Cemetery
David Taylor Fish FRHA (25 September 1824 — 22 April 1901) was a 19th-century Scottish gardener and horticultural writ...
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
1841–1908 (age 67)
St Mary's Church, Knowsley
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, embodied dignified public service and civic responsibility.
Frederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol
1834–1907 (age 73)
St Mary's Church, Ickworth
Thomas Hardcastle Sykes
1833–1901 (age 68)
St Mary's Church, Cheadle
Thomas Hardcastle Sykes (15 February 1833 – 25 April 1901) was an English bleacher and businessman and was High Sherif...
James Mason
1824–1903 (age 79)
St Mary's Church, North Leigh
John Stainer
1840–1901 (age 61)
Holywell Cemetery
Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom perform...
Walter Frank Raphael Weldon
1860–1906 (age 46)
Holywell Cemetery
Henry Acland
1815–1900 (age 85)
Holywell Cemetery
Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland, 1st Baronet, (23 August 1815 – 16 October 1900) was an English physician and educato...
Arthur Gray Butler
1831–1909 (age 78)
Holywell Cemetery
Eadweard Muybridge
1830–1904 (age 74)
Woking Crematorium
Eadweard Muybridge was an innovative photographer whose motion studies forever altered the visual narrative of motion.
Colin Campbell
1872–1907 (age 35)
Winlaton
Edward Carbutt
1838–1905 (age 67)
St George's Fields
Edward Carbutt was an esteemed engineer and civic leader who guided industrial progress with steady hand.
Samson Fox
1838–1903 (age 65)
St George's Fields
Sims Reeves
1818–1900 (age 82)
Woking Crematorium
John Sims Reeves (21 October 1821 – 25 October 1900) was an English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor vocalist durin...
Mary von Bothmer
1836–1901 (age 65)
Wykeham
Mary von Bothmer (1833–1901; also known as the Countess von Bothmer) was an English-German writer and aristocrat.
Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton
1832–1909 (age 77)
St Mary's Church, Rostherne
Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton, was a steadfast politician who served both his country and communities with dedicat...
Frederica Hely Hutchinson
1827–1904 (age 77)
St Mary's Church, Walberton
Wilfrid Hans Loder
1851–1902 (age 51)
St Mary's Church, Slaugham
Wilfrid Hans Loder was a devoted parish servant whose steady care comforted many.
Henry Martin Cornwall Legh
1839–1904 (age 65)
St Mary's Church, Rostherne
Henry Bedford Woollcombe
1832–1904 (age 72)
St Mary's Church, Ticehurst
Henry Bedford Woollcombe was a cherished parish figure whose steady presence nurtured community life.
James Dunwoody Bulloch
1823–1901 (age 78)
Toxteth Park Cemetery
James Dunwoody Bulloch (June 25, 1823 – January 7, 1901) was the Confederacy's chief foreign agent in Great Britain du...
John Francis Bentley
1839–1902 (age 63)
St Mary Magdalen’s Roman Catholic Church
John Francis Bentley was a thoughtful architect whose sacred designs continue to inspire reverence.
Eliezer Pugh
1815–1903 (age 88)
Toxteth Park Cemetery
Percy Weston
1852–1905 (age 53)
St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake
Percy Weston was a trailblazing football player whose enthusiasm helped define the sport in its formative years.
John Jones Bateman
1817–1903 (age 86)
St Mary and St Margaret's Church, Castle Bromwich
Alexander Kerr
1838–1909 (age 71)
St Mary Magdalen’s Roman Catholic Church
Alexander Kerr was a principled banker whose careful stewardship inspired confidence and goodwill.
Ludwig Mond
1839–1909 (age 70)
St Pancras and Islington Cemetery
John Bennet Lawes
1814–1900 (age 86)
St Nicholas Church, Harpenden
Sir John Bennet Lawes, 1st Baronet, FRS (28 December 1814 – 31 August 1900) was an English entrepreneur and agricultur...
Sir Myles Cave-Browne-Cave, 11th Bt.
1822–1907 (age 85)
St Michael's Church, Stretton en le Field
Lewis William Lewis
1831–1901 (age 70)
Llanbeblig
Lewis William Lewis kept vibrant Welsh poetic traditions alive through his impassioned verse.
Jenkin Howell
1836–1902 (age 66)
Penderyn
James Clark
1830–1905 (age 75)
Weaste Cemetery
James Clark devoted his ministry to guiding others with warmth and faith.
James Champion
1834–1904 (age 70)
Margravine Cemetery
Nora Chesson
1871–1906 (age 35)
Margravine Cemetery
Nora Chesson's lyrical writing spoke with tenderness that still resonates.
Edward Chippindall
1827–1902 (age 75)
Lancaster Priory
Wilfred Hudleston Hudleston
1828–1909 (age 81)
St Andrew's Church, Ham, London
Wilfred Hudleston Hudleston advanced geological study through meticulous research and fieldwork.