1877 in science
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The year 1877 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1876 in science, other events of 1877, 1878 in science and the list of years in science.

Medicine

• Patrick Manson studies animal carriers of infectious diseases

Awards

• Copley Medal: James Dwight Dana
• Wollaston Medal: Robert Mallet

Births

Deaths

• September 17 - William Fox Talbot, mathematician, physicist and chemist (* 1800)
• September 23 - Urbain Le Verrier, astronomer (* 1811)

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