See also: 1872 in science, other events of 1873, 1874 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: Hermann Helmholtz Wollaston Medal for Geology: Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton Births Deaths January 27 - Adam Sedgwick, geologist (* 1785) April 18 - Justus von Liebig, chemist (* 1803) December 14 - Louis Agassiz, zoologist and geologist (* 1807)
