See also: 1742 in science, other events of 1743, 1744 in science and the list of years in science.
Geology Sir Christopher Packe produces a geological map of south-east England Awards Copley Medal: Abraham Trembley Births February 13 - Joseph Banks, naturalist and botanist (died 1820) August 26 - Antoine Lavoisier, chemist (died 1794) September 17 - Marquis de Condorcet, mathematician (died 1794) November 11 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist (died 1828) December 1 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, chemist (died 1817) Deaths
