The year 1851 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy
Chemistry
History of science and technology
Mathematics
Medicine
Physics
Technology
Awards
Births
- January 19 â Jacobus Kapteyn (died 1922), Dutch astronomer.
- February 15 â Spiru Haret (died 1912), Romanian mathematician, astronomer and politician.
- March 16 â Martinus Beijerinck (died 1931), Dutch microbiologist and botanist.
- April 12 â E. Walter Maunder (died 1928), English astronomer.
- July 8 â Arthur Evans (died 1941), English archaeologist.
- July 20 â Arnold Pick (died 1924), Jewish Czech neurologist.
- August 3 â George FitzGerald (died 1901), Irish mathematician.
- September 21 â Fanny Searls (died 1939), American doctor and botanist.
- September 23 â Ellen Hayes (died 1930), American mathematician and astronomer.
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