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==Births== * March 20 β [[John Farey, Jr.|John Farey]], [[English people|English]] mechanical engineer and technical writer (died [[1851 in science|1851]]) * April 9 β [[George Peacock (mathematician)|George Peacock]], English [[mathematician]] (died [[1858 in science|1858]]) * April 27 β [[Samuel F. B. Morse]], [[United States|American]] inventor (died [[1872 in science|1872]]) * July 13 β [[Allan Cunningham (botanist)|Allan Cunningham]], English [[botanist]] and explorer (died [[1839 in science|1839]]) * July 27 β [[Jean-Nicolas Gannal]], [[French people|French]] [[pharmacist]], chemist and inventor (died [[1852 in science|1852]]) * September 4 β [[Robert Knox (surgeon)|Robert Knox]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[anatomist]] (died [[1862 in science|1862]]) * September 22 β [[Michael Faraday]], English [[chemist]] and [[physicist]] (died [[1867 in science|1867]]) * September 23 β [[Johann Franz Encke]], [[Germans|German]] [[astronomer]] (died [[1865 in science|1865]]) * December 26 β [[Charles Babbage]], English mathematician and inventor of computing machines (died [[1871 in science|1871]])
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