1746 in Science - Births

Births

  • January 4 - Benjamin Rush, Founding Father of the United States, chemist and physician (died 1813)
  • March 7 - AndrĂ© Michaux, French botanist (died 1802)
  • May 10 - Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (died 1818)
  • July 7 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian Theatine monk, astronomer and mathematician (died 1826)
  • March 15 - Giovanni Battista Venturi, Italian physicist after whom the Venturi tube is named (died 1822)
  • Louise du Pierry, French astronomer (died 1789)

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