- 1775 in science
The year 1775 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Medicine
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Percivall Pott finds the first occupational link tocancer , contributing to the science ofepidemiology .Awards
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Copley Medal :Nevil Maskelyne Births
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January 22 -André-Marie Ampère ,physicist (died 1836)
*May 10 - William Phillips,geologist (died 1828)
*July 23 -Étienne-Louis Malus ,physicist andmathematician (died 1812)
*September 30 -Robert Adrain ,mathematician (died 1843)
*November 19 -Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger ,entomologist andzoologist (died 1813)
*December 12 - William Henry,chemist (died 1836)Deaths
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March 3 -Richard Dunthorne ,astronomer (born 1711)
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