1891 in science
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The year 1891 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1890 in science, other events of 1891, 1892 in science and the list of years in science.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Stanislao Cannizzaro
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: John Wesley Judd

Births

Deaths

• February 10 - Sofia Kovalevskaya, mathematician (* 1850)
• May 11 - Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel, physicist (* 1820)
• June 23 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, physicist (* 1804)
• November 18 - Joseph Wolstenholme, mathematician (* 1829)

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