1852 in science
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The year 1852 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Awards
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Births
- September 9 - John Henry Poynting (d. 1914), physicist, discovered the Poynting-Robertson effect and developed the Poynting vector.
- October 2 - Sir William Ramsay (d. 1916), chemist and Nobel prize winner
- December 15 - Henri Becquerel (d. 1908), physicist.
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Deaths
- January 6 - Louis Braille (b. 1809), inventor.
- August 15 - Johan Gadolin (b. 1760), Finnish chemist.
- November 10 - Gideon Mantell (b. 1790), paleontologist.