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The year 1867 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed

1 Awards

• Copley Medal: Karl Ernst von Baer
• Wollaston Medal: George Poulett Scrope

2 Births

• November 7 - Marie Curie (d. 1934), physicist.

3 Deaths

• August 25 - Michael FaradayMichael Faraday ( September 22, 1791 August 25, 1867) was a British scientist (a physicist and chemist) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry and invented the Bunsen burner. Michael Faraday was one of the great scientists (b. 1791The year 1791 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also 1790 in science, other events of 1791, 1792 in science and the list of years in science. Physics Pierre Prevost shows that all bodies radiate heat, no ma), chemistA chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. The word derives from the older term alchemist. Also, in British English, the term is used for a pharmacist or a pharmacist's shop. See also: List of chemists, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Biography. and physicist.