Editing 1780 in science (section)

==Births==
* January 13 – [[Pierre Jean Robiquet]], French chemist (died [[1840 in science|1840]]).
* March 10 – [[William Charles Ellis]], [[English people|English]] psychiatric physician (died [[1839 in science|1839]]).
* April 13 – [[Alexander Mitchell (engineer)|Alexander Mitchell]], [[Irish people|Irish]] engineer and [[inventor]] of the [[screw-pile lighthouse]] (died [[1868 in science|1868]]).
* September 5 - [[Clarke Abel]], British surgeon and [[natural history|naturalist]] (died [[1826 in science|1826]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Abel, Clarke (1789-1826) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb10230696n |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |access-date=6 February 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
* December 26 – [[Mary Somerville]], [[British people|British]] scientific writer (died [[1872 in science|1872]]).
* [[Elizabeth Philpot]], English [[paleontologist]] (died [[1857 in science|1857]]).