1752 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1752 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1751 in science, other events of 1752, 1753 in science and the list of years in science.

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Pringle

Electricity

• Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment determined that lightning was an electrical phenomenon.

Births

• May 11 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physiologist and anthropologist (died 1840)
• July 7 - Joseph Marie Jacquard, French inventor (died 1834)
• September 18 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (died 1833)

Deaths

• February 9 - Frederik Hasselquist, Swedish traveller and naturalist (born 1722)
• April 10 - William Cheselden, surgeon (born 1688)