1897 in science

The year 1897 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Medicine

• Epinephrine first discovered by John Jacob Abel

Awards

• Copley Medal: Albert von Kolliker
• Wollaston Medal: Wilfred Hudleston

Births

• July 20 - Tadeus Reichstein (d. 1996), Nobel Prize-winning chemist.
• August 12 - Otto Struve (d. 1963), astronomer.
• September 12 - Irène Joliot-Curie (d. 1956), scientist.

Deaths

• February 19 - Karl Weierstraß (b, 1815), mathematician.
• May 6
  • Edward James Stone (b. 1831), astronomer.
  • Alfred Des Cloizeaux (b. 1817), mineralogist
• October 19 - George Pullman (b. 1831), inventor.