1827 in science
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The year 1827 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

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

Chemistry

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

Awards

• Copley Medal: William Prout; Henry Foster

Births

• January 7 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and surveyor known as the "father of time zones" († 1915)
• April 5 - Joseph Lister, British inventor of antiseptic († 1912)

Deaths

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

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