- 1852 in science
The year 1852 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Awards
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Copley Medal :Alexander von Humboldt
*Wollaston Medal for Geology:William Henry Fitton Births
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September 9 -John Henry Poynting (d. 1914),physicist , discovered thePoynting-Robertson effect and developed thePoynting vector .
*October 2 -Sir William Ramsay (d. 1916),chemist andNobel prize winner
*December 15 -Henri Becquerel (d. 1908),physicist .Deaths
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January 6 -Louis Braille (b. 1809),inventor .
*August 15 -Johan Gadolin (b. 1760), Finnishchemist .
*November 10 -Gideon Mantell (b. 1790),paleontologist .
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