See also: 1856 in science, other events of 1857, 1858 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: Michel-Eugene Chevreul Wollaston Medal for geology: Joachim Barrande Births August 8 - Henry Fairfield Osborn, paleontologist († 1935) Deaths May 23 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, mathematician (* 1789) July 29 - Charles Lucien Bonaparte, naturalist (* 1803) August 12 - William Conybeare, geologist (* 1787) December 15 - George Cayley, naturalist and inventor (* 1773)
