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The year 1823 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

1 Astronomy

• Olbers' paradox is described by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers.

2 Paleontology

• Human bones are found with those of the woolly mammoth at Paviland Cave on the Gower Peninsula, proving that the two had lived on earth at the same time.

3 Physics

• William Sturgeon invents the electromagnet

4 Awards

• Copley Medal: John PondJohn Pond (c. 1767 September 7, 1836) was an English astronomer. Pond was born in London, where his father made a fortune in trade. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, at the age of sixteen, but took no degree, his course being interrupted by severe pu

5 Births

• January 8January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 357 days remaining (358 in leap years). Events 871 Battle of Ashdown Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army. 1198 Innocentius III becomes Pope. 1734 Premiere of George Frid - Alfred Russel WallaceAlfred Russel Wallace ( January 8, 1823- November 7, 1913) was a British naturalist, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. Together with Charles Darwin, he independently devised the theory of evolution by natural selection. Life Wallace was born at Us (d. 1913See also Other events of 1913 List of years in science. 1912 in science 1913 in science 1914 in science. The year 1913 in science and technology . Chemistry Protactinium was first identified by Kasimir Fajans and O. Gohring Henry Moseley shows that nuclea), British naturalistNatural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as a number of distinct scientific disciplines. Most definitions include the study of living things (e. biology, including botany and zoology); other definitions extend the topic to inclu who devised the theory of natural selection at the same time as Charles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin ( February 12, 1809 April 19, 1882) was an English naturalist whose revolutionary theory laid the foundation for both the modern theory of evolution and the principle of common descent by proposing natural selection as a mechanism..
• February 3February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 331 days remaining, (332 in leap years). In the Northern hemisphere, there are 88 days in winter (in a non-leap year). We are considered halfway through winter on February 3. - Spencer Fullerton BairdSpencer Fullerton Baird ( February 3, 1823 August 19, 1887) was an American ornithologist and ichthyologist. Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1840, and next year made an ornithological e (d. 1887), ornithologist and ichthyologist.