1873 in science

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The year 1873 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Hermann Helmholtz
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton

[edit] Births

• October 4 - Dimitrie Pompeiu (d. 1954), mathematician.
• October 9 - Karl Schwarzschild (d. 1916), astronomer and physicist.

[edit] Deaths

• January 27 - Adam Sedgwick (b. 1785), geologist.
• April 18 - Justus von Liebig (b. 1803), chemist.
• December 14 - Louis Agassiz (b. 1807), zoologist and geologist.