- 1857 in science
The year 1857 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Awards
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Copley Medal :Michel Eugène Chevreul
*Wollaston Medal for geology:Joachim Barrande Births
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August 8 -Henry Fairfield Osborn (d. 1935),paleontologist .Deaths
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May 23 -Augustin Louis Cauchy (b. 1789),mathematician .
*July 29 -Charles Lucien Bonaparte (b. 1803), naturalist.
*August 12 -William Conybeare (b. 1787),geologist .
*December 15 -George Cayley (b. 1773),inventor of the airplane.
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