1807 in science
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The year 1807 CE in science and technology

See also: 1806 in science, other events of 1807, 1808 in science and the list of 'years in science'.

Chemistry

• Potassium and sodium isolated by Sir Humphry Davy.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Everard Home

Births

• May 28 - Louis Agassiz, zoologist and geologist († 1873)
• November 14 - Auguste Laurent, chemist († 1853)

Deaths

• April 4 - Joseph Jerôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (* 1732)

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