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Events on Friday 26 September 1952 1
1863 – 1952George Santayana (1863-1952)Died 26 September 1952, aged 88George Santayana, the Spanish-American philosopher and writer known for the aphorism "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," died in Rome on 26 September 1952. He taught at Harvard before retiring to Europe to write. His works spanned philosophy, poetry and the novel The Last Puritan.