William Hyde Wollaston | |
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![]() Portrait of Wollaston by John Jackson; circa 1820s | |
Born | East Dereham, Norfolk, England | 6 August 1766
Died | 22 December 1828 Chislehurst, Kent, England | (aged 62)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Known for | Discoveries of osmium, palladium and rhodium Camera lucida Conservation of energy Cryophorus Electrochemistry Wollaston prism Wollaston wire Wollaston landscape lens Coining bicarbonate |
Awards | Copley Medal (1802) Croonian Medal (1809) Royal Medal (1828) Bakerian Medal (1802, 1805, 1818, 1828) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry Physics |
22nd President of the Royal Society | |
In office 1820–1820 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Banks |
Succeeded by | Humphry Davy |
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]