See also: 1751 in science, other events of 1752, 1753 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: John Pringle Births May 11 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physiologist and anthropologist (died 1840) July 7 - Joseph Marie Jacquard, French inventor (died 1834) September 18 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (died 1833) Deaths February 9 - Frederik Hasselquist, Swedish traveller and naturalist (born 1722) April 10 - William Cheselden, surgeon (born 1688)
