- 1817 in science
The year 1817 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Chemistry
* Discovery of
cadmium byFriedrich Strohmeyer
* Discovery oflithium byJohann Arfvedson
* Discovery ofselenium byJöns Jakob Berzelius
*Pierre-Joseph Pelletier andJoseph-Bienaime Caventou isolatechlorophyll Awards
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Copley Medal :Henry Kater Births
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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
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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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