1762 in science
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The year 1762 in science and technology involved some significant events.
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: Not awarded
[edit] Births
- April 10 - Giovanni Aldini, physicist (died 1834)
- November 20 - Pierre André Latreille, zoologist (died 1833)
[edit] Deaths
- February 20 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (born 1723)
- March 21 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (born 1713)
- July 13 - James Bradley, Astronomer Royal (born 1693)
- Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist (born 1690)
