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The year 1817 in
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included many events, some of which are listed here.
ASTRONOMY
CHEMISTRY
Discovery of
Cadmium
by
Friedrich Strohmeyer
Discovery of
Lithium
by
Johann Arfvedson
Discovery of
Selenium
by
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
Pierre-Joseph Pelletier
and
Joseph-Bienaime Caventou
isolate
Chlorophyll
AWARDS
BIRTHS
June 30
-
Joseph Dalton Hooker
(d.
1911
),
Botanist
.
September 10
-
Richard Spruce
(d.
1893
), botanist
October 10
-
Christoph Heinrich Buys-Ballot
(d.
1890
),
Meteorologist
.
October 17
-
Alfred Des Cloizeaux
(d.
1897
),
Mineralogist
.
DEATHS
January 1
-
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
(b.
1743
),
Chemist
.
April 12
-
Charles Messier
(b.
1730
),
Astronomer
.
June 11
-
William Gregor
(b.
1761
),
Mineralogist
.
July 28
-
Abraham Gottlob Werner
(b.
1749
),
Geologist
.
August 7
-
Pierre Samuel Du Pont De Nemours
(b.
1739
),
Industrialist
.
November 7
-
Jean-André Deluc
(b.
1727
), geologist