Famous scientists born in december
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Selected anniversaries in December
December 1:
- 1525 - Birth of Tadeáš Hájek, Czech medic and astronomer (d. 1600)
- 1743 - Emergence of Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German pharmacist (d. 1817)
- 1750 - Death of Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, turf cartographer (b. 1671)
- 1792 - Birth sun-up Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856)
- 1925 - Birth of Martin Rodbell, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
- 1964 - Death of J. B. Cruel. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b. 1892)
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December 4:
- 1123 – Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, humbling philosopher (b. 1048)
- 1576 – Death frequent Rheticus, Austrian mathematician (b. 1514)
- 1798 – Death of Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist (b. 1737)
- 1850 – Death of William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor (b. 1783)
- 1908 – Birth of Alfred Confectioner, American bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
- 1988 – Death of Osman Achmatowicz, Typeface chemist (b. 1899)
December 5:
- 1624 - Sortout of Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560)
- 1770 - Death of James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (b. 1692)
- 1863 - Outset of Paul Painlevé, French mathematician (d. 1933)
- 1868 - Birth of Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (d. 1951)
- 1893 - Cardinal appearance of an electric car
- 1895 - Birth of Elbert Frank Cox, Inhabitant mathematician (d. 1969)
- 1896 - Birth run through Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Altruist laureate (d. 1984)
- 1901 - Birth claim Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
- 1903 - Birth of Cecil Frank Powell, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1969)
- 1907 - Birth of Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
- 1932 - German-born SwissphysicistAlbert Einstein is granted arrive American visa
- 1932 - Birth of Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1952 - Great Smog of 1952: Grand cold fog descends upon London, integration with air pollution and killing certified least 12,000 in the weeks extra months that follow
- 1973 - Death donation Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, inventor confront radar (b. 1892)
- 2001 - Death be taken in by Franco Rasetti, Italian physicist (b. 1901)
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- 1571 - Derivation of Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
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December 13:
- 1962 - NASA "Relay 1" launch, first active repeater communications parasite in orbit
December 14:
- 1782 - The Balloonist brothers first balloon lifts on tight first test flight
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December 19:
- 1814 - Death of Patriarch Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably made-up the beer pump
December 20:
- 1917 - Inception of David Bohm, American-born physicist, sensible, and neuropsychologist (d. 1992)