Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jun 06 Iacob moresianu: Composer,  

Jun 12 Maria teresa carreno: Composer,  

Jun 15 Kristian birkeland: Norwegian physicist (b. 1867)  

Jun 20 James mason crafts: Us chemist,  

Jun 27 Gustav von schmolle: German economist (historical school),  

Jul 02 Herbert beerbohm tree: English actor/director (hamlet),  

Jul 04 Johan h c kern: Dutch linguist (sanskreet),  

Jul 08 Tom thomson: Canadian painter (b. 1877)  

Jul 12 Fournier: Swiss/french postage stamp merchant/forger,  

Jul 14 Octave lapize: French cyclist (b. 1887)  

Jul 16 Ludwig philipp scharwenka: Ger composer (album polonaise),  

Jul 21 Christopher j forster: British raf-pilot/capt,  

Jul 27 Emil theodor kocher: Swiss surgeon, nobel laureate (b. 1841)  

Jul 31 Charlie finlason: Cricketer (s africa's 1st test),  

Aug 01 Frank little: American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879)  

Aug 07 Squadron commander e.h. dunning: First pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891)  

Aug 15 Thomas j. higgins: Decorated union army soldier (b. 1831)  

Aug 20 Jfw adolf ritter von baeyer: German chemist (nobel 1905),  

Aug 30 Uritsky: Leader of petrogradse czech,  

Sep 03 Fanya kaplan: Russian who shot at lenin on aug 30th, executed  

Sep 05 Marian smoluchowski: Polish physicist (b. 1872)  

Sep 08 Charles edouard lefebvre: Composer,  

Sep 11 Georges guynemer: French ww i pilot,  

Sep 12 Eric lundie: Cricketer (wwi test s africa v england 1914),  

Sep 20 Herbert morris: Jamaican deserter in france, executed at 17  

Sep 23 Werner voss: German world war i pilot (b. 1897)  

Sep 25 Thomas ashe: Irish revolutionary (b. 1885)  

Sep 26 Edgar h g degas: French painter (ballerina),  

Sep 27 Edgar degas: Painter, paris  

Oct 09 Hussain kamil: Sultan of egypt (1914-17),  

Oct 11 Harry trott: Cricketer (aust capt played 24 tests 1888-1898),  

Oct 13 Florence la badie: American actress  

Oct 15 Mata hari: Dutch dancer/german spy, executed by firing squad in paris  

Oct 17 Maria j "marie" bakker: Actress/wife of maarten stranger,  

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Jan 01 Jule gregory charney: American meteorologist  

Jan 01 Albert mol: Dutch actor  

Jan 02 Vera zorina: German dancer  

Jan 03 Vernon walters: Nyc, us permanent rep to the un  

Jan 03 Roger w. straus: Jr., american publisher  

Jan 04 Maurice wohl: English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05 Reginald smith brindle: Composer  

Jan 05 Wieland wagner: German opera director