- 1790 in science
The year 1790 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Awards
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Copley Medal : Not awardedBirths
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February 3 -Gideon Mantell , paleontologist (died 1852)
*March 12 -John Frederic Daniell , chemist and physicist (died 1845)
*May 23 -Jules Dumont d'Urville , explorer (died 1842)
*July 1 -George Everest , surveyor and geographer (died 1866)
*October 25 -Robert Stirling , inventor (died 1878)
*December 19 -William Edward Parry , Arctic explorer (died 1855)Deaths
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February 5 -William Cullen , Scottish physician and chemist (born 1710)
*April 17 -Benjamin Franklin , scientist and inventor, known for his experiments withelectricity (born 1706)
* "date unknown" -Johann Bernoulli II , Swiss mathematician (born 1710)
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