1743 in science
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Overview of the events of 1743 in science
The year 1743 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy [ edit ] Geology [ edit ] Metrology [ edit ] Physiology and medicine [ edit ] June 2 – British surgeon William Hunter presents his paper "Of the structure and diseases of articulating cartilages".[2] February 13 – Joseph Banks , English botanist (died 1820 ) February 28 – René Just Haüy , French mineralogist (died 1822 ) April 13 (April 2 O.S. ) – Thomas Jefferson , Founding Father and 3rd President of the United States and inventor (died 1826 ) June 3 – Lucia Galeazzi Galvani , Italian scientist (died 1788 ) August 17 – Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann , German geographer and zoologist (died 1815 ) August 26 – Antoine Lavoisier , French chemist (died 1794 ) September 17 – Marquis de Condorcet , French mathematician , philosopher and political scientist (died 1794 ) October 20 – François Chopart , French surgeon (died 1795 ) November 11 – Carl Peter Thunberg , Swedish botanist (died 1828 ) December 1 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth , German chemist (died 1817 ) Elisabeth Christina von Linné , Swedish botanist (died 1782 ) References [ edit ]