1896 in science

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The year 1896 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Karl Gegenbaur
• Wollaston Medal for geology: Eduard Suess

[edit] Births

• February 14 - Arthur Milne (d. 1950), British space physicist.
• March 29 - Wilhelm Ackermann (d. 1962), mathematician.

[edit] Deaths

• July 13 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (b. 1829), organic chemist.
• August 10 - Otto Lilienthal (b. 1848), aviation pioneer.
• September 18 - Hippolyte Fizeau (b. 1819), physicist.
• October 21 - James Henry Greathead (b. 1844), British civil engineer.
• November 3 - Eugen Baumann (b. 1846), chemist.
• December 10 - Alfred Nobel (b. 1833), inventor.