A decade and a half later, the Polish anthropology student, Bronisław Malinowski ( 1884 – 1942 ), was beginning what he expected to be a brief period of fieldwork in the old model, collecting lists of cultural items, when the outbreak of the First World War stranded him in New Guinea.

Alfons Maria Jakob ( 2 July 1884, Aschaffenburg / Bavaria – 17 October 1931, Hamburg ) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology.

* 1884 – Walter Huston, Canadian actor ( d. 1950 )

* 1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1951 )

* 1884 – Tenby Davies, Welsh runner ( d. 1932 )

* 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Vincent Auriol, French politician, 16th President of the French Republic ( d. 1966 )

* 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer ( d. 1957 )

In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane ( first staged an England – Australia Test in the 1932 – 33 season ), Adelaide Oval ( 1884 – 85 ), The WACA, Perth ( 1970 – 71 ) the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) ( 1876 – 77 ) and the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) ( 1881 – 82 ).

* 1884 – Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician, 46th President of Venezuela ( d. 1969 )

* 1858 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Billie Burke, American actress ( d. 1970 )

* 1884 – Sara Teasdale, American poet ( d. 1933 )

* 1824 – John Chisum, American cattle baron ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American writer and publisher ( d. 1967 )

* 1884 – Chandler Egan, American golfer ( d. 1936 )

* 1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic ( d. 1949 )

* 1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American businessman and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury ( d. 1937 )

* 1884 – J. C. Squire, British poet, writer, and historian ( d. 1958 )

* 1884 – Peter Fraser, New Zealand politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand ( d. 1950 )

* Hack Schumann ( 1884 – 1946 ), American Major League Baseball pitcher

* Major Harold Geiger ( 1884 – 1927 ), pioneer in Army aviation and ballooning.

With the growth associated with the railroad, Taylorsville was incorporated as a town in 1884 and was renamed Stuart in honor of Confederate Major General J. E. B.

Edward Victor Cicotte (; June 19, 1884 – May 5, 1969 ), nicknamed " Knuckles ", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball best known for his time with the Chicago White Sox.

In 1884, Major William Bulpett, with the backing of winter sports pioneer and Kulm hotel owner Caspar Badrutt, constructed Cresta Run, the first sledding track of its kind in St. Moritz.

Johnson is also the AL leader in wins ( 36 ), but Charles Radbourn's NL total is over 20 wins higher ; his 59 wins in 1884 are a Major League Baseball single-season record.

** Major General Clifford Coffin, VC, CB, DSO & Bar ( attended Haileybury College, Lawrence House, 1884 – 1886 )

French took part in the Sudan expedition to relieve Major General Charles Gordon in 1884 and took part in the Battle of Abu Klea in January 1885, where he impressed Redvers Buller.

In the early years of Major League Baseball before 1900 it was common for an exceptional pitcher to win 30 or more games in one season with Old Hoss Radbourn of the defunct Providence Grays holding the record with an astounding 59 wins in 1884.

Unfortunately, Major Tucker's father-in-law was Illinois Senator John A. Logan, who would become a vice presidential candidate in 1884.

Lassoing on the prairie ( from the book Prairie Experiences in Handling Cattle and Sheep, by Major W. Shepherd, 1884 )

Other known foreign military consultants were the Italian Major Pompeo Grillo, who worked at the Osaka foundry from 1884 to 1888, followed by Major Quaratezi from 1889 to 1890, and the Dutch Captain Schermbeck, who worked on improving coastal defenses from 1883 to 1886.

* Jack Ryan ( pitcher ) ( 1884 – 1949 ), Major League Baseball pitcher

The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for only one season in 1884.

* John Morrissey ( baseball ) ( 1856 – 1884 ), American Major League Baseball player

William George Evans ( February 10, 1884 – January 23, 1956 ), nicknamed " The Boy Umpire ," was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1906 to 1927.

Jacob Ellsworth Daubert ( April 7, 1884 – October 9, 1924 ) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Superbas and Cincinnati Reds.

He was the highest paid player in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1889.

His. 412 batting average in 1884 was the highest ever recorded to that time in Major League Baseball and 56 points higher than any other player in the major leagues in 1884.

The Duke was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the only child of Major George Murray ( 1884 – 1940 ) and Joan, the daughter of William Edward Eastwood, of South Africa.

It was built in 1884 near the hamlet of Cresta in the municipality of Celerina / Schlarigna by Major Bulpett, eventual founder of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club ( SMTC ), and the people of St. Moritz.

Major Francis Edward Foley CMG ( 24 November 1884, Highbridge, Somerset – 8 May 1958, Stourbridge ) was a British Secret Intelligence Service officer.