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The year 1857 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Michel Eugène Chevreul
• Wollaston Medal for geology: Joachim Barrande

[edit] Births

• August 8 - Henry Fairfield Osborn (d. 1935), paleontologist.

[edit] Deaths

• May 23 - Augustin Louis Cauchy (b. 1789), mathematician.
• July 29 - Charles Lucien Bonaparte (b. 1803), naturalist.
• August 12 - William Conybeare (b. 1787), geologist.
• December 15 - George Cayley (b. 1773), inventor of the airplane.