Editing 1747 in science (section)

==Births==
* January 17 - [[Markus Herz]], [[German people|German]] [[physician]] (died [[1803 in science|1803]])
* January 19 – [[Johann Elert Bode]], [[German people|German]] [[astronomer]] (died [[1826 in science|1826]])
* March 11 – [[William Curtis]], [[English people|English]] botanist and [[entomologist]] (died [[1799 in science|1799]])
* May 4 - [[Philippe-Jean Pelletan]], [[French people|French]] [[surgeon]] (died [[1829 in science|1829]])
* June 23 - [[Michele Troja]], [[Italian People|Italian]] [[physician]] (died [[1827 in science|1827]])<ref name = "Schoenberg">{{in lang|fr}} A. von Schoenberg, Biographie de Michel Troja, Dr et professeur in {{cite book|title=Bulletin universel des sciences et de l'industrie: Bulletin des sciences médicales|url=https://archive.org/details/bulletinunivers33unkngoog |accessdate=13 February 2021 |year=1831 |publisher=Bureau du Bulletin |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bulletinunivers33unkngoog/page/n237 226]–}}</ref>
* November 23 – [[Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein]] (Baron von Zois), [[Slovenia]]n [[geologist]] after whom [[zoisite]] is named (died [[1819 in science|1819]])
* December 8 - [[Clément Joseph Tissot]], [[France|French]] [[physician]] (died [[1826 in science|1826]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Tissot, Clément-Joseph (1747-1826)  |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb124625398 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |access-date=6 February 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>