The year 1808 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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- February 29 – Hugh Falconer, Scottish-born geologist, botanist, paleontologist and paleoanthropologist (died 1865).
- April 13 – Antonio Meucci, Italian-born inventor (died 1899).
- May 9 – John Scott Russell, Scottish-born naval architect and shipbuilder (died 1882).
- July 8 – George Robert Gray, English zoologist (died 1872).
- July 25 – Johann Benedict Listing, German mathematician (died 1882).
- August 4 – Johann Ritter von Oppolzer, Austrian physician (died 1871).
- October 29 – Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer (died 1873).
- November 6 – Friedrich Julius Richelot, German mathematician (died 1875).
- Anne Elizabeth Ball, Irish|Irish phycologist (died 1872).
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