1868 in science

The year 1868 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed

See also: 1867 in science, other events of 1868, 1869 in science, list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Awards
2 Births
3 Deaths

Awards

Copley Medal: Charles Wheatstone
Wollaston Medal for Geology: Carl Friedrich Naumann

Births

Deaths

February 11 - L�on Foucault, physicist (* 1819)
May 22 - Julius Pl�cker, mathematician and physicist (* 1801)

"A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar." - Lao-Tzu (570?-490? BC)