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==Births== * February 3 β [[Gideon Mantell]], English [[paleontologist]] (died [[1852 in science|1852]]) * March 12 β [[John Frederic Daniell]], English [[chemist]] and [[physicist]] (died [[1845 in science|1845]]) * May 23 β [[Jules Dumont d'Urville]], [[French people|French]] explorer (died [[1842 in science|1842]]) * May 30 β [[John Herapath]], English physicist (died [[1868 in science|1868]]) * July 4 β [[George Everest]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]] surveyor and geographer (died [[1866 in science|1866]]) * October 25 β [[Robert Stirling]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] inventor (died [[1878 in science|1878]]) * November 17 β [[August Ferdinand MΓΆbius]], [[German people|German]] [[mathematician]] (died 1868) * December 9 β [[Friederike Lienig]], Latvian entomologist (d. [[1855]]) * December 19 β [[William Edward Parry]], English [[Arctic]] explorer (died [[1855 in science|1855]])
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