1817 in science

1817 in science
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The year 1817 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Contents

1 Chemistry
2 Awards
3 Births
4 Deaths

Chemistry

Discovery of cadmium by Friedrich Strohmeyer
Discovery of lithium by Johann Arfvedson
Discovery of selenium by Jöns Jakob Berzelius
Pierre-Joseph Pelletier and Joseph-Bienaime Caventou isolate chlorophyll

Awards

Copley Medal: Henry Kater

Births

June 30 - Joseph Dalton Hooker (d. 1911), botanist.
September 10 - Richard Spruce (d. 1893), botanist
October 10 - Christoph Heinrich Buys-Ballot (d. 1890), meteorologist.
October 17 - Alfred Des Cloizeaux (d. 1897), mineralogist.

Deaths

January 1 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth (b. 1743), chemist.
April 12 - Charles Messier (b. 1730), astronomer.
June 11 - William Gregor (b. 1761), mineralogist.
July 28 - Abraham Gottlob Werner (b. 1749), geologist.
August 7 - Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (b. 1739), industrialist.
November 7 - Jean-André Deluc (b. 1727), geologist

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