Deaths from laryngeal cancer: Aldous Huxley, Frederick III, German Emperor, John Everett Millais, Mary Wells, Evan Hunter, Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Aldous Huxley, Frederick III, German Emperor, John Everett Millais, Mary Wells, Evan Hunter, Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Toni Sailer, Bruce Cabot, Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, Francisco Vicente Aguilera, Jacek Kaczmarski, Rehman, Ian Johnston, Semyon Kirsanov. Excerpt: Frederick III (German: Friedrich III., Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen; 18 October 1831 - 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days in 1888, the Year of the Three Emperors. Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl known informally as Fritz, was the only son of Emperor William I and was raised in his family's tradition of military service. Although celebrated as a young man for his leadership and successes during the Second Schleswig, Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars, he nevertheless professed a hatred of warfare and was praised by friends and enemies alike for his humane conduct. Following the unification of Germany in 1871 his father, then King of Prussia, became the German Emperor. On William's death at the age of 90 on 9 March 1888, the throne passed to Frederick, who had by then been Crown Prince for 27 years. Frederick was suffering from cancer of the larynx when he died on 15 June 1888, aged 56, following unsuccessful medical treatments for his condition. Frederick married Princess Victoria, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. The couple were well matched; their shared liberal ideology led them to seek greater representation for commoners in the government. Frederick, in spite of his conservative militaristic family background, had developed liberal tendencies as a result of his ties with Britain and his studies at the University of Bonn. As the Crown Prince, he often opposed the conservative Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, particularly in speaking out against Bismarck's policy to unite Germany through force and i...