Today in Science (0722)

Births

1711 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist

1784 - Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer

1887 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel laureate

1888 - Kirk Bryan, American geologist

1888 - Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born biochemist, Nobel laureate

Deaths

1802 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist

1826 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer

1922 - Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist