See also: 1826 in science, other events of 1827, 1828 in science and the list of 'years in science'.
Chemistry Aluminium discovered by Friedrich Woehler William Prout classifies the components of food into the three main divisions of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Awards Copley Medal: William Prout; Henry Foster Births January 7 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and surveyor known as the "father of time zones". April 5 - Joseph Lister, British inventor of antiseptic Deaths March 5 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician (*1749) March 5 - Alessandro Volta, physicist (* 1745)