1891 in science
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The year 1891 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Awards
- Copley Medal: Stanislao Cannizzaro
- Wollaston Medal for Geology: John Wesley Judd
Births
Deaths
- February 10 - Sofia Kovalevskaya (b. 1850), mathematician.
- May 11 - Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (b. 1820), physicist.
- June 23 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber (b. 1804), physicist.
- November 18 - Joseph Wolstenholme (b. 1829), mathematician.