1817 in science
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The year 1817 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Chemistry
- Discovery of cadmium by Friedrich Strohmeyer
- Discovery of lithium by Johann Arfvedson
- Discovery of selenium by Jöns Jakob Berzelius
- Pierre-Joseph Pelletier and Joseph-Bienaime Caventou isolate chlorophyll
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[edit] Births
- June 30 - Joseph Dalton Hooker (d. 1911), botanist.
- September 10 - Richard Spruce (d. 1893), botanist
- October 10 - Christoph Heinrich Buys-Ballot (d. 1890), meteorologist.
- October 17 - Alfred Des Cloizeaux (d. 1897), mineralogist.
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth (b. 1743), chemist.
- April 12 - Charles Messier (b. 1730), astronomer.
- June 11 - William Gregor (b. 1761), mineralogist.
- July 28 - Abraham Gottlob Werner (b. 1749), geologist.
- August 7 - Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (b. 1739), industrialist.
- November 7 - Jean-André Deluc (b. 1727), geologist
