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==Births== * January 20 β [[Alexandre-Γmile BΓ©guyer de Chancourtois]] (died [[1886 in science|1886]]), French [[mineralogist]]. * March 24 β [[Edmond Becquerel]] (died [[1891 in science|1891]]), French [[physicist]]. * April 4 β [[David Kirkaldy]] (died [[1897 in science|1897]]), Scottish engineer, pioneer of materials testing. * April 5 β [[Charles Harrison Blackley]] (died [[1900 in science|1900]]), English [[allergist]]. * April 16 β [[Victor Puiseux]] (died [[1883 in science|1883]]), French [[mathematician]]. * May 12 β [[Florence Nightingale]] (died [[1910 in science|1910]]), Italian-born English [[nurse]]. * July 5 β [[William John Macquorn Rankine]] (died [[1872 in science|1872]]), Scottish physicist. * August 2 β [[John Tyndall]] (died [[1893 in science|1893]]), Irish physicist. * November 8 β [[Birdsill Holly]] (died [[1894 in science|1894]]), American [[hydraulic engineer]].
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