1762 in science

The year 1762 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Mathematics

• September – Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships is established in London, pioneering mutual insurance using a method of actuarial science devised by mathematician James Dodson.^[1]
• Johann Heinrich Lambert gives a proof that π is irrational.^[2]

Awards

• Copley Medal: Not awarded

Births

• April 10 - Giovanni Aldini, physicist (died 1834)
• November 20 - Pierre André Latreille, zoologist (died 1833)

Deaths

• February 20 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (born 1723)
• March 21 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (born 1713)
• July 10 - Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist (born 1690)
• July 13 - James Bradley, Astronomer Royal (born 1693)

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