Editing 1714 in science (section)

==Births==
* January 21 – [[Anna Morandi Manzolini|Anna Morandi]], [[Bologna|Bolognese]] [[anatomist]] (died [[1774 in science|1774]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Rebecca|last=Messbarge|title=The Lady Anatomist: The Life and Work of Anna Morandi Manzolini|location=Chicago|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|year=2019|page=3|isbn=978-0-22652-083-4}}</ref>
* January 6 – [[Percivall Pott]], English [[surgeon]] (died [[1788 in science|1788]])
* June 17 – [[César-François Cassini de Thury]], French [[astronomer]] (died [[1784 in science|1784]])
* September 6 – [[Robert Whytt]], Scottish [[physician]] (died [[1766 in science|1766]])
* October 16 – [[Giovanni Arduino (geologist)|Giovanni Arduino]], Italian [[geologist]] (died [[1795 in science|1795]])
* October 25 – [[James Burnett, Lord Monboddo]], [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[philosopher]] and [[history of evolutionary thought|evolutionary thinker]] (died [[1799 in science|1799]])
* December 19 – [[John Winthrop (1714–1779)|John Winthrop]], American [[astronomer]] (died [[1779 in science|1779]])
* December 31 – [[Arima Yoriyuki]], Japanese [[mathematician]] (died [[1783 in science|1783]])
* [[Alexander Wilson (astronomer)|Alexander Wilson]], Scottish surgeon, type founder, astronomer, meteorologist and mathematician (died [[1786 in science|1786]])