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1887 in science
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The year 1887 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Awards
- Copley Medal: Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Wollaston Medal for Geology: John Whitaker Hulke
Births
- June 22 - Julian Huxley (d. 1975), British biologist and author.
- August 18 - Erwin Schrödinger (d. 1961), physicist.
Deaths
- January 22 - Joseph Whitworth (b. 1803), English mechanical engineer.
- August 15 - Julius von Haast (b. 1824), German geologist.
- August 19 - Spencer Fullerton Baird (b. 1823), ornithologist and ichthyologist.
- October 17 - Gustav Kirchhoff (b. 1824), physicist.
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