1890 in science 438861 220647682 2008-06-20T21:48:27Z DOI bot 6652755 Citation maintenance. You can [[WP:DOI|use this bot]] yourself! Please [[User:DOI_bot/bugs|report any bugs]]. {{Year nav topic|1890|science}} The year '''1890 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events, listed below. ==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<ref name="diphtheria">{{cite journal | last = Waldman | first = Thomas A. | date = 2003 | url = http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nm/journal/v9/n3/full/nm0303-269.html&filetype=pdf | format = PDF | title = Immunotherapy: past, present and future | journal = Nature Medicine | volume = 9 | pages = 269–277 | doi = 10.1038/nm0303-269 }}</ref> ==Awards== * [[Copley Medal]]: [[Simon Newcomb]] * [[Wollaston Medal]] for Geology: [[William Crawford Williamson]] ==Births== * [[December 20]] - [[Jaroslav Heyrovský]] (d. [[1967 in science|1967]]), [[chemist]] * [[December 21]] - [[Hermann Joseph Muller]] (d. [[1967 in science|1967]]), [[geneticist]]. ==Deaths== * [[February 3]] - [[Christoph Heinrich Buys-Ballot]] (b. [[1817 in science|1817]]), [[meteorologist]]. * [[December 26]] - [[Heinrich Schliemann]] (b. [[1822 in science|1822]]), [[Germany|German]] [[archaeologist]]. ==References== <references /> [[Category:1890|Science]] [[Category:1890s in science]] [[fr:1890 en science]]