1868 in science
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The year 1868 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed.
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: Charles Wheatstone
- Wollaston Medal for Geology: Carl Friedrich Naumann
[edit] Births
- June 6 - Robert Falcon Scott (d. 1912), explorer.
- December 9 - Fritz Haber (d. 1934), chemist.
[edit] Deaths
- February 11 - Léon Foucault (b. 1819), physicist.
- May 22 - Julius Plücker (b. 1801), mathematician and physicist.
