philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863) Rafael Merry del Val, British-born Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal and Servant of God (b. 1865) February 28 – Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence, British classical scholar, South African judge and a benefactor of the University of Cambridge (b. 1854) March 2 – D. H. Lawrence, British writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover) (b. 1885) March 6 – Alfred von Tirpitz, German politician, admiral (b. 1848) March 8 – William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, 10th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1857) March 12 – William George Barker, Canadian pilot (b. 1894) March 13 – Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, American author (b. 1852) March 16 – Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish military officer, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870) March 19 – Arthur Balfour, British politician and statesman, 48th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848) March 24 – Eugeen Van Mieghem, Belgian painter (b. 1875) March 27 – Sister Christine, German-born Hindu teacher March 30 – Shyamji Krishna Varma, Indian lawyer, journalist and revolutionary (b. 1857) April 1 – Cosima Wagner, wife and inspiration of Richard Wagner (b. 1837) April 2 – Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876) April 3 – Dame Emma Albani, Canadian operatic soprano (b. 1847) April 4 – Victoria of Baden, Queen consort of Sweden (b. 1862) April 6 – Dimitrije, Serbian Patriarch (b. 1846) April 9 – Rose Caron, French operatic soprano (b. 1857) April 14 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1893) April 16 – Linda Richards, American nurse (b. 1841) April 21 – Robert Bridges, British poet (b. 1844) April 22 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet, novelist (b. 1866) May 8 – Patriarch George V of Armenia (b. 1847) May 13 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1861) May 17 – Herbert Croly, American political author (b. 1869) May 25 Randall Davidson, English clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) Archduke Rainer of Austria (b. 1895) June 5 Sophie Holten, Danish painter (b. 1858) Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880) Jules Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885) June 10 – Adolf von Harnack, German Lutheran theologian and church historian (b. 1851) June 13 – Sir Henry Segrave, British racer, land and water speed record holder (b. 1896) June 16 – Anna Whitlock, Swedish suffragist (b. 1852) July– December July 7 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British fiction writer (Sherlock Holmes) (b.