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In the year 1917
130 Notable deaths
Waldemar Tietgens
German rower (1879-1917).
Born March 26th, 1879 in Hamburg.
Died July 28th, 1917 at 38 years old in Langemark-Poelkapelle.
Alfred John North
Australian ornithologist.
Born June 11th, 1855 in Melbourne.
Died May 6th, 1917 at 61 years old in Sydney.
Vera Slutskaya
Russian revolutionary and bolshevik member of the duma.
Born September 17th, 1874 in Minsk.
Died November 12th, 1917 at 43 years old in Tsarskoye Selo.
Stéphane Javelle
French astronomer.
Born November 16th, 1864 in Lyon.
Died August 3rd, 1917 at 52 years old in Nice.
Jørgen Brunchorst
Norwegian politician (1862-1917).
Born August 10th, 1862 in Bergen.
Died May 19th, 1917 at 54 years old in Rome.
Charles Vigurs
Gymnast.
Born July 11th, 1888 in Birmingham.
Died February 22nd, 1917 at 28 years old
Frank Muller
American astronomer (1862-1917).
Born September 10th, 1862 in Virginia. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1917 at 54 years old [ref]
George A. Banker
American bicycle racer (1874-1917).
Born August 8th, 1874 in Pittsburgh.
Died December 1st, 1917 at 43 years old in Pittsburgh.
Oluf Pedersen
Gymnast.
Born March 14th, 1878 in Copenhagen.
Died March 8th, 1917 at 38 years old in Copenhagen.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 130
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson