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AWARDS

Copley Medal : Not awarded

BIRTHS

February 3 - Gideon Mantell , paleontologist (died 1852 )

March 12 - John Frederic Daniell , chemist and physicist (died 1845 )

May 23 - Jules Dumont D'Urville , explorer (died 1842 )

July 1 - George Everest , surveyor and geographer (died 1866 )

October 25 - Robert Stirling , inventor (died 1878 )

December 19 - William Edward Parry , Arctic explorer (died 1855 )

DEATHS

April 17 - Benjamin Franklin , scientist and inventor, known for his experiments with Electricity (born 1706 )