1884 in science
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The year 1884 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: Carl Ludwig
- Wollaston Medal for Geology: Albert Jean Gaudry
[edit] Births
- January 28 - Auguste Piccard (d. 1962), physicist and explorer.
- February 23 - Casimir Funk (d. 1967), Polish biochemist, coined the term vitamin.
[edit] Deaths
- January 6 - Gregor Mendel (b. 1822), geneticist.
- May 13 - Cyrus McCormick (b. 1809), inventor.
- November 11 - Alfred Brehm (b. 1829), zoologist.
- November 25 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (b. 1818), chemist.fr:1884 en science
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