1775 in science
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The year 1775 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Medicine
- Percivall Pott finds the first occupational link to cancer, contributing to the science of epidemiology.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- January 22 - André-Marie Ampère, physicist (died 1836)
- May 10 - William Phillips, geologist (died 1828)
- July 23 - Étienne-Louis Malus, physicist and mathematician (died 1812)
- September 30 - Robert Adrain, mathematician (died 1843)
- November 19 - Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, entomologist and zoologist (died 1813)
- December 12 - William Henry, chemist (died 1836)
[edit] Deaths
- March 3 - Richard Dunthorne, astronomer (born 1711)
