Famous people died in May - page 9

Alexander Pope was an 18th century English poet

Madame C.J Walker was an entrepreneur and philanthropist of African-American descent

Kit Carson was an American frontiersman and soldier who played an important role in the westward expansion of the United States

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru

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Mary Seacole was a Jamaican-born nurse who became a heroine of the Crimean War

Henry Stanley was a Anglo-American journalist and explorer who played a significant role in the exploration of central Africa

Edward VIII was the shortest reigning King of United Kingdom and the only British sovereign to voluntarily retire from the throne

Augustus Pitt Rivers was an English army officer and archaeologist, often called the “father of British archaeology”

Edward VII was the King of United Kingdom

Samuel Pepys was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is most known for the diaries which he wrote from 1660 to 1669.