Timeline October 1904

Events in October 1904 7

• 1831 – 1904 Isabella Bird (1831-1904) Died 7 October 1904, aged 72 Isabella Bird, the English explorer and travel writer, died in Edinburgh. She traveled extensively through Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East, publishing popular accounts such as A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains and Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. In 1892 she became the first woman elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
• 1834 – 1904 Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) Died 4 October 1904, aged 70 Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the French sculptor, died in Paris. He designed the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United States dedicated in 1886 that became one of the most recognized monuments in the world. He also created numerous other public sculptures across France.
• 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene (1904-1991) Died 3 April 1991, aged 86 British novelist Graham Greene, author of works including The Third Man, Brighton Rock, and The Power and the Glory, died in Vevey, Switzerland. His fiction combined thriller plots with explorations of moral and religious conflict. He was repeatedly considered for but never awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1904 – 1986 Anna Neagle (1904-1986) English actress, Britain's top film star of the 1940s, famous for her royal and wartime heroines.
• 1904 Anna Neagle born in London Anna Neagle is born in London.
• 1904 – 1965 Constance Bennett (1904-1965) American actress, the best-paid star of the early 1930s, known for What Price Hollywood? and Topper.
• 1904 Constance Bennett born in New York Constance Bennett is born in New York.