See also: 1896 in science, other events of 1897, 1898 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: Albert von Kolliker Wollaston Medal: Wilfred Hudleston Births Deaths February 19 - Karl Weierstrass, mathematician (* 1815) May 6 - Edward James Stone, astronomer (* 1831) October 19 - George Pullman, inventor (* 1831)
