In the year 1917
284 Notable deaths
Caspar René Gregory
American-born german theologian.
Born November 6th, 1846 in Philadelphia.
Died April 9th, 1917 at 70 years old in Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne.
Joseph Halévy
French orientalist (1827–1917).
Born December 15th, 1827 in Edirne.
Died January 21st, 1917 at 89 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ludwig Sütterlin
German graphic artist (1865–1917).
Born July 23rd, 1865 in Lahr/Schwarzwald, Obertorstraße 1.
Died November 20th, 1917 at 52 years old in Berlin.
William Duddell
British physicist (1872–1917).
Born July 1st, 1872 in London.
Died November 4th, 1917 at 45 years old in London.
Hermenegildo Capelo
Explorer and portuguese naval admiral (1841-1917).
Born February 4th, 1841 in Palmela.
Died May 4th, 1917 at 76 years old in Lisbon.
Walter Flex
German author (1887–1917).
Born July 6th, 1887 in Eisenach.
Died October 16th, 1917 at 30 years old in Saaremaa.
Julius Bernstein
German physiologist (1839–1917).
Born December 18th, 1839 in Halle (Saale).
Died February 6th, 1917 at 77 years old in Halle (Saale).
Charles Horton Peck
American mycologist (1833–1917).
Born March 30th, 1833 in Sand Lake.
Died July 11th, 1917 at 84 years old in Menands.
Vincenzo Grossi
Italian roman catholic priest, founder and saint.
Born March 9th, 1845 in Pizzighettone.
Died November 7th, 1917 at 72 years old in Casalmaggiore.
Gustav Jäger
German naturalist and hygienist (1832-1917).
Born June 23rd, 1832 in Burg, Bürg, Pfarrhaus. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1917 at 84 years old in Stuttgart.
Pedro Bonifacio Palacios
Argentine poet (1854–1917).
Born May 13th, 1854 in La Matanza Partido.
Died February 28th, 1917 at 62 years old in La Plata.
Émile Boirac
French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of esperanto and writer (1851–1917).
Born August 26th, 1851 in Guelma.
Died September 20th, 1917 at 66 years old in Dijon.
Giuseppe Veronese
Italian mathematician (1854-1917).
Born May 7th, 1854 in Chioggia.
Died July 17th, 1917 at 63 years old in Padua.
Julian Ochorowicz
Polish writer and academic (1850-1917).
Born February 23rd, 1850 in Radzymin.
Died May 1st, 1917 at 67 years old in Warsaw.
Jules Vandenpeereboom
Belgian lawyer and politician (1843-1917).
Born March 18th, 1843 in Kortrijk.
Died March 6th, 1917 at 73 years old in Anderlecht.
James Dwight
Us tennis player (1852-1917).
Born July 14th, 1852 in Paris.
Died July 13th, 1917 at 64 years old in Mattapoisett.
Frans Schollaert
Belgian lawyer and politician, and former belgian prime minister (1851–1917).
Born August 19th, 1851 in Wilsele. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1917 at 65 years old in Sainte-Adresse. [ref]
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
British entomologist (1828–1917).
Born November 3rd, 1828 in Dorset.
Died March 9th, 1917 at 88 years old
Georges Demenÿ
French photographer (1850–1917).
Born June 12th, 1850 in Douai.
Died December 26th, 1917 at 67 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Eduardo Pondal
Spanish author (1835-1917).
Born February 6th, 1835 in Ponteceso. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1917 at 82 years old in A Coruña.
Valdemar Psilander
Danish actor (1884-1917).
Born May 9th, 1884 in Copenhagen.
Died March 6th, 1917 at 32 years old in Copenhagen (cardiac arrest).
George Edward Massee
British botanist (1850–1917).
Born December 20th, 1850 in Scampston.
Died December 16th, 1917 at 66 years old in London.
Henri Émile Sauvage
French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist (1842-1917).
Born September 22nd, 1842 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Died January 3rd, 1917 at 74 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 284
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. Buddha