1895 in science

The year 1895 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Karl Weierstrass
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Archibald Geikie

Births

• October 22 - Rolf Nevanlinna (d. 1980), mathematician.

Deaths

• January 26 - Arthur Cayley (b. 1821), mathematician.
• April 11 - Lothar Meyer (b. 1830), chemist.
• June 29 - Sir Thomas Henry Huxley (b. 1825), English biologist.
• August 26 - Friedrich Miescher (b. 1844), Swiss biologist.
• September 28 - Louis Pasteur (b. 1822), biologist.