William Whewell

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English philosopher and historian of science (1794-1866)

United Kingdom AcademicsLived 1794 to 1866 · aged 71

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William Whewell was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poetry and mathematics.

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Portrait of William Whewell, c. 1863

William Whewell, c. 1860s

Part of Whewell's cotidal chart of 1836 showing the predicted no-tide area in the southern North Sea[23]

Statue of Whewell by Thomas Woolner in Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge

Portrait by James Lonsdale

Awards 6

Fellow of the Royal Society

Royal Medal

Smith's Prize

Royal Society Bakerian Medal

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor's Gold Medal

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SpouseEverina Frances Ellis

SpouseCordelia Marshall

Connected to William 6

John Couch AdamsAlso won Smith's Prize

Lytton StracheyAlso won Chancellor's Gold Medal

Robert RobinsonAlso won Royal Society Bakerian Medal

James JeansAlso won Royal Society Bakerian Medal

John PopleAlso won Smith's Prize

Henry James Sumner MaineAlso won Chancellor's Gold Medal

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