archaeologist, historian (b. 1853) October 30 – Caroline Dana Howe, American author (b. 1824) November November 1 – Alfred Jarry, French writer (b. 1873) November 6 – Sir James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834) November 14 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian jurist and politician (b. 1848) November 15 – Raphael Kalinowski, Polish Discalced Carmelite friar and saint (b. 1835) November 16 – Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (b. 1848) November 17 – Sir Francis McClintock, Irish explorer and admiral in British Royal Navy (b. 1819) November 20 – Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876) November 22 – Asaph Hall, American astronomer (b. 1829) November 23 – Naimuddin, Bengali writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1832) November 25 – Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Danish explorer (b. 1872) November 28 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish writer, painter and architect (b. 1869) November 30 – Ludwig Levy, German architect (b. 1854) December December 4 – Luis Sáenz Peña, 12th President of Argentina (b. 1822) December 8 – King Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829) December 15 – Carola of Vasa, queen consort of Saxony (b. 1833) December 17 – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-born physicist and engineer (b. 1824) December 20 – Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird, American author (b. 1826) December 21 – Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (b. 1860) December 23 – Pierre Janssen, French astronomer (b. 1824) December 28 – Kate Stone, American diarist (b. 1841) December 31 – Jules de Trooz, 18th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1857) Date unknown Ellen Russell Emerson, American ethnologist (b. 1837) Sarah Gibson Humphreys, American author and suffragist (b. 1830) Joseph Stannah, Founder of Stannah Lifts (b. 1836) Nobel Prizes Physics – Albert Abraham Michelson Chemistry – Eduard Buchner Medicine – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran Literature – Rudyard Kipling Peace – Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Louis Renault References Further reading Gilbert, Martin. A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900-1933 (1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp 143–57. International Year Book: 1907 (1908) 1002pp, worldwide coverage online edition