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1881 in science

The year 1881 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1880 in science, other events of 1881, 1882 in science, list of years in science

Table of contents

1 Medicine 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

Medicine

• Louis Pasteur discovers a vaccine for anthrax

Awards

• Copley Medal: Karl Adolph Wurtz
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Peter Martin Duncan

Births

• August 6 - Alexander Fleming (+1957), scientist.

Deaths

• May 26 - Jokob Bernays, philologist
• John Gould, zoologist (* 1804)
• Matthias Schleiden, biologist (* 1804)

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