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1817 in science
The year 1817 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1816 in science, other events of 1817, 1818 in science and the list of years in science.
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Astronomy
Chemistry
- Discovery of cadmium by Friedrich Strohmeyer
- Discovery of lithium by Johann Arfvedson
- Discovery of selenium by Jons Jacob Berzelius
- Pierre-Joseph Pelletier and Joseph-Bienaime Caventou isolate chlorophyll
Awards
Births
- June 30 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (died 1911)
- September 10 - Richard Spruce, botanist (died 1893)
- October 10 - Christoph Heinrich Dietrich Buys-Ballot , meteorologist (died 1890)
- October 17 - Alfred Des Cloizeaux, mineralogist (died 1897)
Deaths
- January 1 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, chemist (born 1743)
- April 12 - Charles Messier, astronomer (born 1730)
- June 11 - William Gregor , mineralogist (born 1761)
- July 28 - Abraham Gottlob Werner, geologist (born 1749)
- November 7 - Jean-André Deluc, geologist (born 1727)
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