1890 in science
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The year 1890 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Medicine
- Discovery by Emil von Behring and Shibasabo Kitasato that an anti-toxin for immunizing people against diphtheria can be prepared by injecting diphtheria toxin into animals[1]
Awards
- Copley Medal: Simon Newcomb
- Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Crawford Williamson
Births
- December 21 – Hermann Joseph Muller (d. 1967), geneticist.
Deaths
- February 3 – Christoph Heinrich Buys-Ballot (b. 1817), meteorologist.
- December 26 – Heinrich Schliemann (b. 1822), German archaeologist.
References
- ^ Reference: Waldman, Thomas A. (2003). Immunotherapy: past, present and future. Nature Medicine 9, 269–277.
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