- 1858 in science
The year 1858 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Archaeology
* In
Luxor, Egypt , theRhind papyrus is found (named forAlexander Henry Rhind , who discovered it); it is sometimes called the Ahmes papyrus for the scribe who wrote it around1650 BC .Evolution
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July 1 -Charles Darwin andAlfred Russel Wallace present their papers on their theories ofevolution to theLinnean Society of London .Awards
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Copley Medal :Charles Lyell
* Wollaston Medal for geology:James Hall Births
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April 23 -Max Planck (d. 1947), theoretical physicist.
*August 27 -Giuseppe Peano (d. 1932), Italianmathematician .Deaths
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June 10 - Robert Brown (b. 1773),botanist .
*November 8 -George Peacock (b. 1791), Englishmathematician .
*December 16 - Richard Bright (b. 1789), Englishphysician .
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