Editing 1884 in science (section)

==Deaths==
* January 6 – [[Gregor Mendel]] (born 1822), Silesian [[geneticist]].
* February 7 – [[Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt]] (born 1825), German astronomer.
* May 10 – [[Charles-Adolphe Wurtz]] (born 1817), Alsatian French [[chemist]].
* May 12 – [[Robert Angus Smith]] (born 1817), British atmospheric chemist.
* May 13 – [[Cyrus McCormick]] (born 1809), American inventor.
* July 18 – [[Ferdinand von Hochstetter]] (born 1829), German geologist.
* July 20 – Sir [[Caesar Hawkins]] (born 1798), English [[surgeon]].
* November 3 - [[Antoine Constant Saucerotte]] (born [[1805 in science|1805]]), [[French people|French]] [[physician]]<ref name="Léonore">{{Base Léonore|LH/2463/9}}</ref>
* November 11 – [[Alfred Brehm]] (born 1829), German [[zoologist]].
* November 25 – [[Hermann Kolbe]] (born 1818), German chemist.