1864 in science

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The year 1864 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Charles Darwin
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Roderick Murchison

[edit] Births

• January 13 - Wilhelm Wien (d. 1928), physicist.
• April 21 - Max Weber (d. 1920), sociologist.
• June 14 - Alois Alzheimer (d. 1915), neuroscientist.
• June 22 - Hermann Minkowski (d. 1909), mathematician.

[edit] Deaths

• November 23 - Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve (b. 1793), astronomer.