Most commentators consider Marcel Mauss ( 1872 – 1950 ), nephew of the influential sociologist Émile Durkheim, to be the founder of the French anthropological tradition.

Born in Stockholm, Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel Nobel ( 1801 – 1872 ), an inventor and engineer, and Andriette Ahlsell Nobel ( 1805 – 1889 ).

* 1872 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1962 )

* 1790 – William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician ( d. 1872 )

* 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate ( d. 1942 )

* 1872 – George E. Stewart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1946 )

* 1872 – Frederick Maurice, English theologian ( b. 1805 )

* 1872 – William Frederick Horry, English convicted murderer ( b. 1843 )

* 1872 – Haakon VII of Norway ( d. 1957 )

* 1942 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1872 )

* 1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher ( d. 1950 )

* 1872 – Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein ( d. 1956 )

* 1872 – Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator and author ( d. 1898 )

In 1872 he ran for election to fill Tennessee's new at – large seat in the House of Representatives.

* 1805 – Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian ( d. 1872 )

* 1872 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-Islamic scholar and translator ( d. 1953 )

* 1861 – American Civil War: in order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 ( 3 % of all incomes over US $ 800 ; rescinded in 1872 ).

* 1872 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan ( d. 1951 )

* Rangers First Centenary 1872 – 1972: 1

* 1872 – Bill Johnson, American bassist ( d. 1972 )

* 1915 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer ( b. 1872 )

* Alexandra Feodorovna ( Alix of Hesse ) ( 1872 – 1918 ), wife of Nicholas II of Russia

* Alexandra Kollontai ( 1872 – 1952 ), Russian politician

He married thirdly in 1872 to Circassian HH Gevherin Nedaxe Kadın Efendi ( Caucasus, 8 July 1856 – Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Constantinople, 20 September 1894 ), and had one child.

Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, editors, 1867 – 1872, Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translation of the writings of the fathers, down to AD 325, Edinburgh: T & T Clark: Vol.

** Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer ( b. 1872 )

Other notable stage performances of Henry V include Charles Kean ( 1859 ), Charles Alexander Calvert ( 1872 ), Walter Hampden ( 1928 ), and Ty Jones ( 2011 ) in an all black cast.

In 1872 – 75 Alexander Cunningham published the first Harappan seal ( with an erroneous identification as Brahmi letters ).

Alexander Muirhead is reported to have attached wires to a feverish patient's wrist to obtain a record of the patient's heartbeat while studying for his Doctor of Science ( in electricity ) in 1872 at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

* Alexander Scriabin ( 1872 – 1912 ) Russian

Alexander City was incorporated in 1872 as Youngstown, after its founder James Young.

File: Alexander City First Baptist Church ( 1872 ). JPG | Alexander City First Baptist Church ( Established in 1872 )

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* John Alexander Barry ( 1790 – 1872 ), merchant in Nova Scotia

* Alexander Bain, Moral Science ( 1872 ), p. 562 foIl., and Mental Science ( 1872 ), p. 416 ;

Alexander Graham Bell, who arrived from Scotland by way of Canada in 1872, developed and patented the telephone and related inventions.

* Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore ( 1872 – 1962 ), Scottish soldier, politician and Victoria Cross recipient

Sir Alexander was the founding President of The Guarantee Company of North America in 1872, providing fidelity bonds to guarantee the sty of employees of railroads and government, which still exists today as the largest provider of surety bonds in all of Canada in public works and government services.

After the description of fibrinogen and fibrin, Alexander Schmidt hypothesised the existence of an enzyme that converts fibrinogen into fibrin in 1872.

Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD ( November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918 ) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium.

Scriabin was born into an aristocratic family in Moscow on Christmas Day 1871, according to the Julian Calendar ( this translates to 6 January 1872 in the Gregorian Calendar ).

The late 19th and early 20th century saw the third wave of Russian classics: Igor Stravinsky ( 1882 – 1971 ), Alexander Scriabin ( 1872 – 1915 ), Sergei Prokofiev ( 1891 – 1953 ) and Dmitri Shostakovich ( 1906 – 1975 ).