Malan, Swiss-born orientalist (b. 1812) November 29 – Juan N. Méndez, interim President of Mexico from 1876 to 1877. (b. 1820) December 3 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author (b. 1850) December 8 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (b. 1821) December 12 – Sir John Thompson, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) December 28 – Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, Maharajah of Mysore (b. 1863) December 29 – Christina Rossetti, English poet (b. 1830) Date unknown Cynthia Roberts Gorton, blind American poet and author (b. 1826) Paul Lecreux, French sculptor (b. c. 1826) References Sources American Annual Cyclopedia...1894 (1895) online