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Science on the 29th of June in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
29 Jun 1517 Rembert Dodoens	science	birth Rembert Dodoens Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585)	0
29 Jun 1609 Pierre Paul Riquet	science	birth Pierre Paul Riquet Pierre Paul Riquet, French engineer and canal builder (died 1680)	0
29 Jun 1709 Antoine Thomas	science	death Antoine Thomas Antoine Thomas, Belgian Jesuit astronomer in China (born 1644)	0
29 Jun 1758 Clotilde Tambroni	science	birth Clotilde Tambroni Clotilde Tambroni, Italian philologist and linguist (died 1817)	0
29 Jun 1818 Angelo Secchi	science	birth Angelo Secchi Angelo Secchi (died 1878), Italian astronomer.	0
29 Jun 1829 James Smithson	science	death James Smithson James Smithson (born 1764), mineralogist, chemist and benefactor.	0
29 Jun 1833 Peter Waage	science	birth Peter Waage Peter Waage (died 1900), chemist.	0
29 Jun 1855 John Gorrie	science	death John Gorrie John Gorrie (born 1803), physician and inventor.	0
29 Jun 1860 Thomas Addison	science	death Thomas Addison Thomas Addison (born 1793), physician and scientist.	0
29 Jun 1895 Thomas Henry Huxley	science	death Thomas Henry Huxley Sir Thomas Henry Huxley (born 1825), English biologist.	0
29 Jun 1918 Alfred Senier	science	death Alfred Senier Alfred Senier (born 1853), chemist.	0
29 Jun 1954 Buckminster Fuller	science	Buckminster Fuller (technology) Buckminster Fuller is granted a United States patent for his development of the geodesic dome.	0
29 Jun 1962 George D. Zamka	science	birth George D. Zamka George D. Zamka, American astronaut.	0
29 Jun 1979 Artur Avila	science	birth Artur Avila Artur Avila, Brazilian-born mathematician.	0
29 Jun 2002 Ole-Johan Dahl	science	death Ole-Johan Dahl Ole-Johan Dahl (b. 1931), computer scientist, invented concepts in object-oriented programming.	0

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