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   William Hyde Wollaston FRS ( / ˈwʊləstən /; 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. [1]

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   Apr 16, 2024 · William Hyde Wollaston (born August 6, 1766, East Dereham, Norfolk, England—died December 22, 1828, London) 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 ...

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   Jun 27, 2018 · WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE(b. East Dereham, Norfolk, England, 6 August 1766; d. London, England, 22 December 1828)chemistry, optics, physiology.Wollaston’s family had become well known through their interests in science and theology.

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   The renowned English chemist and physicist William Hyde Wollaston lived from 1766 to 1828. In 1803, while working on a process for turning platinum ore into commercially valuable ingots, he discovered the chemical elements Palladium and Rhodium. By keeping the process for platinum refinement secret, he cornered the market on platinum and made a ...

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   William Hyde Wollaston FRS (August 6, 1766 – December 22, 1828) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering two chemical elements, palladium, and rhodium, and for developing a way to process platinum ore. Wollaston was a somewhat reclusive scientist who never married. His careful work led to advances in many fields ...

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   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 ...

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   Who was William Hyde Wollaston?

   • The renowned English chemist and physicist William Hyde Wollaston lived from 1766 to 1828. In 1803, while working on a process for turning platinum ore into commercially valuable ingots, he discovered the chemical elements Palladium and Rhodium.

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   • William Hyde Wollaston FRS ( / ˈwʊləstən /; 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.

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   • For the English philosophical writer, see William Wollaston. William Hyde Wollaston FRS (August 6, 1766 – December 22, 1828) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering two chemical elements, palladium, and rhodium, and for developing a way to process platinum ore.

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   • chemistry, optics, physiology. Wollaston’s family had become well known through their interests in science and theology. His great-grandfather, William Wollaston, was the author of Religion of Nature Delineated, a widely read work on natural religion published in 1724.

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9. academic.oup.com › brain › articlelong-awaited biography of W. H. Wollaston | Brain | Oxford ...

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   Feb 24, 2017 · A long-awaited biography of W. H. Wollaston. Pure Intelligence: The Life of William Hyde Wollaston is a biography two centuries overdue: but well worth the wait. Wollaston was an exact contemporary of Humphry Davy and Thomas Young, the three having arrived in London to pursue scientific careers at the turn of the 19th century.