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The year 1817 in Science and Technology 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