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The year 1852 in Science and Technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

AWARDS

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 .

DEATHS

January 6 - Louis Braille (b. 1809 ), Inventor .

August 15 - Johan Gadolin (b. 1760 ), Finnish Chemist .

November 10 - Gideon Mantell (b. 1790 ), Paleontologist .