The year 1887 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1886 in science, other events of 1887, 1888 in science, list of years in science.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Joseph Dalton Hooker
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: John Whitaker Hulke

Births

• June 22 - Julian Huxley, British biologist and author (died 1975)

Deaths

• January 22 - Joseph Whitworth, English mechanical engineer (born 1803)
• August 15 - Julius von Haast, German geologist (born 1824)
• August 19 - Spencer Fullerton Baird, ornithologist and ichthyologist (* 1823)
• October 17 - Gustav Kirchhoff, physicist (born 1824)