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William Hyde Wollaston (* 6. August 1766 in East Dereham ( Norfolk, England); † 22. Dezember 1828 in London) war ein englischer Arzt, Physiker und Chemiker, der die chemischen Elemente Palladium und Rhodium entdeckte. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben und Wirken. 2 Ehrungen. 3 Schriften (Auswahl) 4 Literatur. 5 Weblinks. 6 Einzelnachweise.
William Hyde Wollaston FRS (/ ˈ w ʊ l ə s t ən /; 6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828) 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.
16. Apr. 2024 · William Hyde Wollaston was a British scientist who enhanced the techniques of powder metallurgy to become the first to produce and market pure, malleable platinum. He also made fundamental discoveries in many areas of science and discovered the elements palladium (1802) and rhodium (1804).
William Hyde Wollaston was born on 6 August 1766, the son of a vicar. He was educated at a private school in Lewisham and at Charterhouse School, before entering Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1782. He primarily studied medicine, but also studied astronomy with John Brinkley, later astronomer royal for Ireland; chemistry with his ...
30. März 2024 · William Hyde Wollaston. Chemiker (19. Jahrhundert) Physiker (19. Jahrhundert) Absolvent der University of Cambridge. Entdecker eines chemischen Elements. Präsident der Royal Society. Persönlichkeit der Elektrotechnik. Träger der Copley-Medaille. Mitglied der Royal Society of Edinburgh.
William Hyde Wollaston was a chemist and physicist who discovered the chemical elements Palladium and Rhodium in 1803. He also endowed the Geological Society of London with funds to establish the Wollaston Medal, which is awarded to the best structural geology paper of the year.
The quantity and diversity of William Hyde Wollaston's research made him one of the most influential scientists of his time. Although formally trained as a physician, Wollaston studied and made advances in many scientific fields, including chemistry, physics, botany, crystallography, optics, astronomy, and mineralogy.
