Famous people died in July - page 11

Granville Sharp

Granville Sharp

Granville Sharp was a social reformer and a leading British abolitionist

BritishNovember 10, 1735239 views

Philippe Pétain

Philippe Pétain was a French general who was declared a national hero in World War I but was later discredited and sentenced to death.

FrenchApril 24, 1856119 views

Maximilien de Robespierre

Maximilien Robespierre was a French lawyer who became one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution

FrenchMay 6, 1758248 views

Edward VI of England

Edward VI served as the King of England, from 1547 until his death in 1553

BritishOctober 12, 1537276 views

Dorothy Hodgkin

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a Nobel Prize winning British biochemist, well-known for her work on the structure of penicillin, insulin and vitamin B12

BritishMay 12, 1910216 views

Edward I of England

Edward I was the King of England from 1272 to 1307, also known as ‘Edward Longshanks’ and the ‘Hammer of the Scots’

BritishJune 17, 123987 views

Hermann Emil Fischer

Emil Fischer was a Nobel Prize winning chemist from Germany who is known for inventing the ‘Fischer Projection’ method

GermanOctober 9, 1852266 views

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell was an English lawyer and statesman who served as the principal adviser to English King Henry VIII from 1532–40.

British1485116 views

Caravaggio

Caravaggio was a renowned painter of the Sixteenth century who painted using contrasting effects between light and darkness

ItalianSeptember 29, 1571139 views

Adlai Stevenson II

Adlai Stevenson II was the 31st Governor of Illinois