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 – 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States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 ( 3 % of all incomes over US $ 800 ; rescinded in 1872 ).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.

* 1872 – Challenger expedition:, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth.

* 1872 – George Washington Pierce, American physicist ( d. 1956 )

Similar experiments were conducted by George Biddell Airy ( 1871 ) by means of a telescope filled with water, and Éleuthère Mascart ( 1872 ).

The fourth figure was George Gurdjieff ( c. 1872 – 1949 ), who founded the philosophy of the Fourth Way, through which he conveyed a number of spiritual teachings to his disciples.

Grant's two Attorney Generals Amos T. Akerman and George H. Williams, in addition to Solicitor General Benjamin Bristow, effectively prosecuted and shut down the Ku Klux Klan by 1872 through the use of the Force Acts passed by President Grant and Congress.

** George Carpenter, 5th General of The Salvation Army ( b. 1872 )

* March 2 – George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient ( b. 1872 )

* December 31 – George Meade, American general ( d. 1872 )

Adnams PLC is a British regional brewery company founded in 1872 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, by George and Ernest Adnams.

The Sole Bay Brewery in Southwold was purchased in 1872 by George and Ernest Adnams.

Olga's brother, Prince George Aleksandrovich Yurievsky ( 1872 – 1913 ), in 1900 wed Countess Alexandra von Zarnekau ( 1883 – 1957 ), daughter of the morganatic marriage of the Russo-German Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg with Agrafena Djaparidize.

He was again a member of the New York State Assembly ( New York Co., 18th D .) in 1872, and took a leading part in the impeachment of Judge George G. Barnard.

The first move, suggested by Lord George Bentinck, was in 1848, and the second was in 1872.

Haunted by his paranoia, he fatally shot a man named George Merrett, who Minor believed had broken into his room, on February 17, 1872.

The expedition, led by Captain George Nares, sailed from Portsmouth, England, on 21 December 1872.

File: George Gilbert Scott Reichstag 1872. jpg | Design for Reichstag, Berlin, not executed ( 1872 )

In 1872, in response to the assassination of friendly Yavapai chiefs, the take-over of the entire Yavapai nation and its reservation by hostile elements, and with most of the American area under continual penetrating raids by Yavapai warrior bands, General George Crook began an all-out campaign against the Yavapai, with the aim of forcing the insurgent Yavapai warrior bands into a decisive battle and the removal of Yavapai settlers from American territory.

1868, Lewis Robins ; 1869, Washington Snyder ; 1870 – 1871, Sylvester M. Lester ; 1872 – 1873, George F. Rogers ; 1874 – 1875, Alvin H. Cipperly ; 1876 – 1880, Arthur M. Peck ; 1881 – 1885, James C. Cotton ; 1886 – 1888, Sanford B. Horton ; 1889 – 1895, Frank Pettit ; 1896 -, John B. Martin.

* George Joseph Smith ( 1872 – 1915 ), British " Brides in the Bath " murderer

George Gordon Meade ( December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872 ) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses.

Although it was not the first find, the Ontario mine, discovered by Herman Buden in 1872 and later purchased by George Hearst, was the first major producer.

They had three children: Constance Davis Lodge ( b. 1872 ), noted poet George Cabot Lodge ( b. 1873 ), and John Ellerton Lodge ( b. 1876 ), an art curator.

Lionel George Curtis ( 1872 – 1955 ) was a British official and author.