1881 in science

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The year 1881 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Contents 1 Medicine 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

Medicine

• Louis Pasteur discovers a vaccine for anthrax

Awards

• Copley Medal: Karl Adolph Wurtz
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Peter Martin Duncan

Births

• August 6 - Alexander Fleming (d. 1955), scientist.

Deaths

• May 26 - Jokob Bernays, philologist.
• February 3 - John Gould (b. 1804), zoologist.
• June 23 - Matthias Schleiden (b. 1804), biologist.
• October 31 - George Washington DeLong (b. 1844), Arctic explorer.