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==Deaths== * February 23 β [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]] (born [[1777 in science|1777]]), [[Germans|German]] [[mathematician]]. * February 27 β [[Bryan Donkin]] (born [[1768 in science|1768]]), [[English people|English]] engineer and inventor. * March 20 β [[Joseph Aspdin]] (born [[1778 in science|1778]]), English inventor. * April 13 β [[Henry De la Beche]] (born [[1796 in science|1796]]), English [[geologist]]. * June 7 β [[Friederike Lienig]] (born [[1790 in science|1790]]), [[Latvia]]n entomologist. * June 29 β [[John Gorrie]] (born [[1803 in science|1803]]), [[Scottish American]] [[physician]] and inventor. * July 6 β [[Andrew Crosse]] (born [[1784 in science|1784]]), English 'gentleman scientist', pioneer experimenter in electricity. * July 8 β [[William Parry (explorer)|William Parry]] (born [[1790 in science|1790]]), English [[Arctic]] [[List of explorers|explorer]]. * October 7 β [[FranΓ§ois Magendie]] (born [[1783 in science|1783]]), French [[physiologist]]. * December 6 β [[William Swainson]] (born [[1789 in science|1789]]), English [[naturalist]].
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