1859 in science
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The year 1859 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Biology
- November 24 - Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
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- May 5 - Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (b. 1805), mathematician.
- May 6 - Alexander von Humboldt (b. 1769), naturalist and explorer.
- September 10 - Thomas Nuttall (b. 1786), naturalist.
- September 15 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel (b. 1806), British engineer.
