de Hostos, Puerto Rican philosopher, sociologist (b. 1839) August 17 – Hans Gude, Norwegian painter (b. 1825) August 22 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830) August 23 – Fray Mocho, Argentine writer (b. 1858) August 28 – Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (b. 1822) September 1 – Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (b. 1815) September 2 – Julia McNair Wright, American author (b. 1840) September 13 – Carl Schuch, Austrian painter (b. 1846) September 18 Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher (b. 1818) Jules Pellechet, French architect (b. 1829) September 19 – Washington Teasdale, English engineer (b. 1830) October 4 – Otto Weininger, Austrian-Jewish author (b. 1880) October 20 – Thomas Vincent Welch, American politician (b. 1850) October 22 – William Edward Hartpole Lecky, Irish historian, member of the House of Commons (b. 1838) November 1 – Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817) November 11 – Lavilla Esther Allen, American author (b. 1834) November 13 – Camille Pissarro, French painter (b. 1830) November 25 – Sabino Arana, Spanish Basque writer, nationalist (b. 1865) December 8 – Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (b. 1820) December 27 – Lydia Hoyt Farmer, American author, women's rights activist (b. 1842) December 28 – Margaret Frances Sullivan, Irish-born American author, journalist and editor (b. 1847) December 29 – Baba Jaimal Singh, Founder of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (b. 1839) December 29 – Jerome Sykes, American actor (b. 1868) Unknown date Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp, American educator and author (b. 1825) Nobel Prizes Physics – Antoine Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie, and Marie Curie Chemistry – Svante August Arrhenius Medicine – Niels Ryberg Finsen Literature – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Peace – William Randal Cremer References Sources