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1897 in science
The year 1897 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1896 in science, other events of 1897, 1898 in science and the list of years in science.
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Medicine
- Epinephrine first discovered by John Jacob Abel
Awards
- Copley Medal: Albert von Kolliker
- Wollaston Medal: Wilfred Hudleston
Births
- July 20 - Tadeus Reichstein, Nobel Prize-winning chemist (died 1996)
Deaths
- February 19 - Karl Weierstraß, mathematician (born 1815)
- May 6 - Edward James Stone, astronomer (born 1831)
- May 6 - Alfred Des Cloizeaux, mineralogist (born 1817)
- October 19 - George Pullman, inventor (born 1831)
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