1797 in science

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The year 1797 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Zoology

• Thomas Bewick publishes the first volume of his History of British Birds.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Not awarded

Births

• January 14 - Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer (d. 1850)
• April 29 - George Don, Scottish botanist (d. 1856)
• November 14 - Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (d. 1875)
• December 17 - Joseph Henry, American physicist (d. 1878)

Deaths

• March 26 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (b. 1726)
• June 13 - Samuel-Auguste Tissot, Swiss physician (b. 1728)
• August 29 - Joseph Wright, English painter of scientific subjects (b. 1734)