Portal:History of science/Selected anniversaries/February 7

February 7:

 * 1736 - Death of Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)


 * 1877 - Birth of Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947)


 * 1889 - Birth of Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)


 * 1897 - Death of Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (b. 1847)


 * 1926 - Birth of John Frank Davidson, British chemical engineer and Royal Medal holder


 * 1958 - Birth of Matt Ridley, British science writer


 * 1960 - Death of Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (b. 1903)


 * 1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered