2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716) July 14 – Chen Hongmou, Chinese scholar and philosopher (b. 1696) July 22 – William Whitmore (British Army officer), British general (b. 1714) July 30 – Thomas Gray, English writer (b. 1716) September 13 – John Gambold, British bishop (b. 1711) September 17 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (b. 1721) October 22 – Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1716) November 4 – Charles Lucas (politician), Irish apothecary (b. 1713) November 6 – John Bevis, English physician, astronomer (b. 1695) November 13 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712) December 6 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) December 23 – Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701) December 26 – Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715) December 27 – Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (b. 1695) References Further reading