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1777 in science

The year 1777 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1776 in science, other events of 1777, 1778 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Awards 2 Births 3 Deaths

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Mudge

Births

• April 30 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician (died 1855)
• August 14 - Hans Christian Orsted, physicist (died 1851)

Deaths

• September 22 - John Bartram, naturalist and explorer considered the "father of American botany" (born 1699)
• December 7 - Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (born 1708)

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