1827 in science

See also: 1826 in science, other events of 1827, 1828 in science and the list of 'years in science'.

Table of contents

1 Chemistry 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

Chemistry

• Aluminium discovered by Friedrich Woehler
• William Prout classifies the components of food into the three main divisions of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

• Copley Medal: William Prout; Henry Foster

• January 7 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and surveyor known as the "father of time zones".
• April 5 - Joseph Lister, British inventor of antiseptic

• March 5 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician (*1749)
• March 5 - Alessandro Volta, physicist (* 1745)