E. B. Tylor ( 2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917 ) and James George Frazer ( 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941 ) are generally considered the antecedents to modern social anthropology in Britain.

* Robert E. Cox ( 1917 – 1989 ) who conducted the " Gleanings for ATMs " column in Sky and Telescope magazine for 21 years.

* 1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Germany ( see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress ).

* 1849 – John William Waterhouse, British painter ( d. 1917 )

* 1917 – Leonora Carrington, British surrealist painter ( d. 2011 )

* 1917 – World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.

* 1917 – Helen Forrest, American singer ( d. 1999 )

* 1877 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist ( d. 1917 )

* 1917 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player ( d. 1986 )

* 1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.

* 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor ( d. 1997 )

Category: Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences ( 1917 – 1925 )

* 1917 – Sid Gordon, American baseball player ( d. 1975 )

* 1917 – Scott Joplin, American musician and composer ( b. 1868 )

Eastern European theorists include Pyotr Stolypin ( 1862 – 1911 ) and Alexander Chayanov ( 1888 – 1939 ) in Russia ; Adolph Wagner ( 1835 – 1917 ), and Karl Oldenberg in Germany, and Bolesław Limanowski ( 1835 – 1935 ) in Poland.

* 1917 – Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader ( d. 1995 )

* 1917 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician ( b. 1849 )

Bloch was highly interdisciplinary, influenced by the geography of Paul Vidal de la Blache ( 1845 – 1918 ) and the sociology of Émile Durkheim ( 1858 – 1917 ).

* 1860 – Alan Leo, English astrologer ( d. 1917 )

* 1876 – Mata Hari, Dutch spy ( d. 1917 )

* Edition of the Gesta by Bernhard Schmeidler, Digitale Bibliothek der Monumenta Germaniae Historica 1917, including current edition of the Latin text

Zhou's diaries and letters from his time in Tokyo show a deep interest in politics and current events, in particular, the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Bolsheviks ' new policies.

The current capitol was built between 1906 and 1917.

The current route was originally a segment of pre-1927 Route 6 that was created in 1917, running from Salem to Camden.

The current depot was built in 1917, but closed in 1959 and is largely derelict.

The current alignment of Route 57 was designated as a part of pre-1927 Route 12 in 1917.

The current church building was dedicated in 1917.

It was part of Lexington County until 1917, when the current border was established.

) Sather Tower houses a full concert carillon, enlarged from the original 12-bell carillon installed in October 1917 to 48 bells in 1979 and the current 61 bells in 1983.

From the Reconstruction Era until 1917, the shipyard was used both for ship repair and construction and for ship stationing ; the current major naval base for the region, Naval Station Norfolk, did not yet exist.

The name was changed to the American Institute of Accountants in 1917 and remained so until 1957, when it changed to its current name of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

The current name was given in 1813 to honor the Cádiz Constitution as well as the Mexican constitutions of 1857 and 1917.

Change to the current use of the South Bank began in 1917 with the construction of County Hall at Lambeth and the Festival of Britain in 1951 redefined the area as a place for arts and entertainment.

The next most senior member is the Grand Master, of which there have been three: Edward, Prince of Wales ( 1917 – 1936 ); Queen Mary ( 1936 – 1953 ); and the current Grand Master, The Duke of Edinburgh ( since 1953 ).

Since its independence ( declared on 6 December 1917 ), Finland has had 71 cabinets, including the current one, the longest lasting being the two cabinets of Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen, both lasting 1, 464 days.

The current " H " configuration — with separate services along Lexington Avenue and Broadway – Seventh Avenue — was introduced in 1917.

The current Northeast Corridor was built by a number of different companies between 1830s and 1917.

Deep Springs was founded in 1917 by L. L. Nunn, an industrialist who made his fortune building alternating current power plants in the western United States.

In keeping with that long held principle, the current 1917 Constitution states that " Deputies and Senators cannot be reelected for the next immediate term.

The Mexican Constitution of 1917, still the current constitution, was proclaimed but initially little enforced.

The first production, As You Like It by William Shakespeare, predated the current building by one year ; as part of an advertising convention St. Louis constructed the Municipal Theatre in 1917.

The current Constitution of 1917 is the first such document in the world to set out social rights, serving as a model for the Weimar Constitution of 1919 and the Russian Constitution of 1918.

From 1917 to 1926 the current route of SR 9 was known as State Road 11.

The Main Building 1917 with the 1921 ' L wing ' additions, the Senior Patio, the 1921 original Science Building — current Home Economics Building, the Streamline Moderne style 1937 Auditorium, and the first 1923 Torrance Elementary School, now referred to as the Annex: are all listed on the National Register of Historic Places ( in 1983 ).