1857 in science
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The year 1857 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Awards
- Copley Medal: Michel Eugène Chevreul
- Wollaston Medal for geology: Joachim Barrande
Births
- August 8 - Henry Fairfield Osborn (d. 1935), paleontologist.
Deaths
- May 23 - Augustin Louis Cauchy (b. 1789), mathematician.
- July 29 - Charles Lucien Bonaparte (b. 1803), naturalist.
- August 12 - William Conybeare (b. 1787), geologist.
- December 15 - George Cayley (b. 1773), naturalist and inventor.