- 1873 in science
The year 1873 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Awards
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Copley Medal :Hermann Helmholtz
*Wollaston Medal for Geology:Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton Births
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October 4 -Dimitrie Pompeiu (d. 1954),mathematician .
*October 9 -Karl Schwarzschild (d. 1916),astronomer andphysicist .Deaths
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January 27 -Adam Sedgwick (b. 1785),geologist .
*April 18 -Justus von Liebig (b. 1803),chemist .
*December 14 -Louis Agassiz (b. 1807),zoologist andgeologist .
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