How old was Émile Durkheim when they died?

Who lived about as long

Everyone here is ranked by days lived. These are the people just either side of Émile Durkheim.

George BestNorthern Irish footballer · 1946–2005
59 yrs
Michel de MontaigneFrench author, philosopher, and statesman · 1533–1592
59 yrs
William GilbertEnglish physician, physicist and natural philosopher · 1544–1603
59 yrs
Emperor Rudolf IIHoly Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria · 1552–1612
59 yrs

Auguste ComteFrench philosopher, mathematician and sociologist · 1798–1857
59 yrs
Emperor MeijiEmperor of Japan from 1867 until 1912 · 1852–1912
59 yrs
Helena BlavatskyRussian occult writer · 1831–1891
59 yrs
Ivan FrankoUkrainian poet and writer · 1856–1916
59 yrs

Fyodor DostoyevskyRussian novelist · 1821–1881
59 yrs
OvidRoman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD) · c. 43 BC–AD 17
c. 59 yrs
HerodotusGreek historian and geographer · c. 484–425 BC
c. 59 yrs
Virginia WoolfEnglish modernist writer · 1882–1941
59 yrs
Sima QianChinese historian · c. 145–86 BC
c. 59 yrs
Michel de MontaigneFrench author, philosopher, and statesman · 1533–1592
59 yrs
StendhalFrench writer · 1783–1842
59 yrs
Auguste ComteFrench philosopher, mathematician and sociologist · 1798–1857
59 yrs

RaphaelItalian painter and architect · 1483–1520
37 yrs
Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer · 1707–1783
76 yrs
Nikita KhrushchevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 · 1894–1971
77 yrs
Kim Il-sungSupreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 · 1912–1994
82 yrs
Tomas TranströmerSwedish poet, psychologist and translator · 1931–2015
83 yrs
Henry JamesAmerican and British writer · 1843–1916
72 yrs

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