1885 in science

The year 1885 in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are listed below.

See also: 1884 in science, other events of 1885, 1886 in science, and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Medicine 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

Medicine

• July 6 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister; a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: George Busk

Births

• October 7 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist († 1962)
• October 23 - Jan Czochralski discoverer of the Czochralski process for growing crystals († 1953)

Deaths

• June 12 - Fleeming Jenkin, engineer (* 1833)