Famous Deaths for 8th February 2023

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1611 - Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Dutch traveller and writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies (B. 1653)

1750 - Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (Tragedy of Zara), dies at 65

1821 - Paul Anton Wineberger, German composer, dies at 62

1877 - Charles Wilkes, American Antarctic explorer and naval officer (Union Navy), dies at 78

1921 - Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, Russian activist and anarchist, dies at 78

1975 - Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)

1985 - William Lyons, British industrialist and automobile manufacturer (Jaguar cars), dies at 84

1994 - Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70

1996 - Del Ennis, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 51, 55; NL RBI leader 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies from complications of diabetes at 70

2015 - Filipe Pires, Portuguese pianist, composer (Portugaliae Genesis), and educator, dies at 81

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