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Science on the 29th of March in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
29 Mar 1561 Sanctorius	science	birth Sanctorius Sanctorius, Istrian physiologist (died 1636)	0
29 Mar 1647 Charles Butler	science	death Charles Butler Charles Butler, English beekeeper (born 1560)	0
29 Mar 1769 Friedrich Christian Accum	science	birth Friedrich Christian Accum Friedrich Christian Accum, chemist (died 1838)	0
29 Mar 1772 Emanuel Swedenborg	science	death Emanuel Swedenborg Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and theologian (born 1688)	0
29 Mar 1787 Carl Philipp Sprengel	science	birth Carl Philipp Sprengel Carl Philipp Sprengel (died 1859), German botanist.	0
29 Mar 1807 H. W. Olbers	science	H. W. Olbers (astronomy) H. W. Olbers discovers the asteroid which Carl Friedrich Gauss names Vesta.	0
29 Mar 1830 James Rennell	science	death James Rennell James Rennell (born 1742), cartographer and oceanographer.	0
29 Mar 1835 Gustav Zander	science	birth Gustav Zander Gustav Zander (died 1920), Swedish physician.	0
29 Mar 1892 Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet	science	death Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (born 1816), ophthalmologist, histologist and anatomist.	0
29 Mar 1896 Wilhelm Ackermann	science	birth Wilhelm Ackermann Wilhelm Ackermann (died 1962), German mathematician.	0
29 Mar 1921 John Burroughs	science	death John Burroughs John Burroughs (born 1837), naturalist.	0
29 Mar 1944 Grace Chisholm Young	science	death Grace Chisholm Young Grace Chisholm Young (born 1868), English mathematician.	0
29 Mar 2003 Carlo Urbani	science	death Carlo Urbani Carlo Urbani (b. 1956), physician, discoverer of SARS.	0

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