1927 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1927 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Arthur Holly Compton, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
  • Chemistry - Heinrich Otto Wieland
  • Medicine - Julius Wagner-Jauregg
• Copley Medal: Charles Sherrington
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Whitehead Watts

Births

• January 29 - Lewis Urry (d. 2004, inventor of the long-lasting alkaline battery.
• March 16 - Vladimir Komarov (d. 1967), cosmonaut on Soyuz 1.

Deaths

• January 19 - Carl Gräbe, (b. 1841) chemist.
• September 14 - Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski (b. 1842), mathematician.