How old was Henry James when they died?

Who lived about as long

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

Lars OnsagerAmerican physical chemist and theoretical physicist · 1903–1976
72 yrs
Yasunari KawabataJapanese novelist · 1899–1972
72 yrs
Georg CantorGerman mathematician, inventor of set theory · 1845–1918
72 yrs
Walt WhitmanAmerican poet, essayist and journalist · 1819–1892
72 yrs

Charles III of SpainKing of Spain from 1759 to 1788 · 1716–1788
72 yrs
Pol PotFormer General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea · 1925–1998
72 yrs
Empress Dowager CixiChinese empress · 1835–1908
72 yrs
Dmitri MendeleevRussian chemist · 1834–1907
72 yrs

Confucius5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician · c. 551–479 BC
c. 72 yrs
Louis PasteurFrench chemist and microbiologist · 1822–1895
72 yrs
John LockeEnglish philosopher and physician · 1632–1704
72 yrs
Dmitri MendeleevRussian chemist · 1834–1907
72 yrs
AshokaMauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE · c. 304–232 BC
c. 72 yrs
Arthur SchopenhauerGerman philosopher · 1788–1860
72 yrs
Isaac AsimovAmerican writer and biochemist · 1920–1992
72 yrs
EpicurusAncient Greek philosopher · c. 342–270 BC
c. 72 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
Émile DurkheimFrench sociologist · 1858–1917
59 yrs
Tomas TranströmerSwedish poet, psychologist and translator · 1931–2015
83 yrs

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