William Hyde Wollaston
✓ Source-basedstableEnglish chemist and physicist (1766-1828)
ScientistsLived 1766 to 1828 · aged 62
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William Hyde Wollaston was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium. He also developed a way to process platinum ore into malleable ingots, patented the camera lucida, and made contributions in electricity and spectroscopy.
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Abraham Gottlob WernerAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Lancelot HogbenAlso won Croonian Medal and Lecture
George PorterAlso won Royal Society Bakerian Medal
Charles Algernon ParsonsAlso won Royal Society Bakerian Medal
Elias Magnus FriesAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Charles Herbert BestAlso won Croonian Medal and LectureAbout this person
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1766 to 1828 · aged 62
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