Famous people died in August - page 11

Wilhelm Wundt was a renowned doctor who conducted pioneering studies on experimental psychology

Henry Moseley was a renowned English physicist who developed the Moseley’s Law in the field of x-ray spectroscopy

Frank Gifford was a famous American football player and television sports commentator

Francis I served as the Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1740s until his death in 1765

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-American scientist and inventor, referred to as ‘Father of the Telephone’

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, short-story writer and historian

Frank Whittle was a Royal Air Force Officer who is credited with inventing the turbojet engine

William II (Rufus) was the King of England from 1087 to 1100 who ascended the throne upon the death of his father, William I the Conqueror.

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George Stephenson was a British inventor who invented the first commercial locomotive and railways

Feargus O’Connor was a prominent Chartist leader who successfully made Chartism the first working class national movement