1851 in science
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The year 1851 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1850 in science, other events of 1851, 1852 in science, list of years in science
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Awards
- Copley Medal: Richard Owen
- Wollaston Medal for geology: Adam Sedgwick
Births
Deaths
- January 27 - John James Audubon, naturalist and illustrator (born 1785)
- February 18 - Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, mathematician (* 1804)
- March 9 - Hans Christian Orsted, physicist (* 1777)