1884 in science

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The year 1884 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Carl Ludwig
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Albert Jean Gaudry

Births

• January 28 - Auguste Piccard (d. 1962), physicist and explorer.
• February 23 - Casimir Funk (d. 1967), Polish biochemist, coined the term vitamin.

Deaths

• January 6 - Gregor Mendel (b. 1822), geneticist.
• May 13 - Cyrus McCormick (b. 1809), inventor.
• November 11 - Alfred Brehm (b. 1829), zoologist.
• November 25 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (b. 1818), chemist.