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WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE.
Adm. pens. (age 15) at CAIUS, July 6, 1782. [3rd] s. of the Rev. Francis (1748), [R.] of Chislehurst, Kent (and Althea Hyde). B. [Aug. 6, 1766] at East Dereham, Norfolk . Schools, Lewisham, Kent and Charterhouse.
Matric. Easter, 1784; Scholar; M.B. 1788; M.D. 1793.
Fellow, 1787-1828.
F.R.C.P. 1795; Censor, 1798, 1824.
F.R.S. 1793; Royal medal, 1828; Copley medal, 1804; Secretary of the Society, 1804-16.
F.G.S., 1812.
In medical practice at Huntingdon, 1789, and later at Bury St Edmunds; finally settled in London , 1797, relinquishing medical practice for experimental science.
Invented the goniometer for measuring the angles of crystals.
Patented the camera lucida, 1807, which led to the invention of photography.
Discovered the malleability of platinum, which produced him £30,000.
A great friend of Sir Humphrey Davy. 'Published 56 papers on pathology, physiology, chemistry, optics, astronomy, mineralogy, crystallography, astronomy, electricity, mechanics, and botany, and almost every paper marks a distinct advance in the particular science involved.' Died Dec. 22, 1828; buried at Chislehurst.
Left money to the Royal Society and endowed the 'Wollaston Fund' of the Geological Society.
Brother of Francis J. H. (1779) and Charles H. (1789).
( Venn, II. 106; Carthusian Worthies; G. Mag., 1828, II. 550; D.N.B.; Munk, II. 438-42; Boase, Biblio.
Cornub.
, 900; Gunther, Early Science in Cambridge ; Leonard Blomefield, 41-5.)
William Hyde WOLLASTON
Approx. lifespan: 1766–1864
pens. aged 15 Gonville & Caius College adm1782:07:06
3rd s. of Rev. Francis WOLLASTON (1748) [R.] of Chislehurst, Kent , (and Althea HYDE )
b. 1766:08:06 East Dereham, Norfolk ,
schools Sch: Lewisham School Lewisham, Kent ,
and Charterhouse, [London],
Matric 1784:04ET:
Scholar
MB 1788
MD 1793
Fellow 1787-1828
FRCP 1795
Censor: 1798, 1824
FRS 1793
Royal Medal: 1828
Copley Medal: 1804
Sec. of: : Society 1804-16
F.G.S. 1812
In medical practice Huntingdon, [Huntingdonshire], 1789 and later Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk], ; finally settled London , 1797 relinquishing medical practice for experimental science.
Invented the goniometer for measuring the angles of crystals.
Patented the camera lucida 1807, which led to the invention of photography.
Discovered the malleability of platinum, which produced him £30,000.
A great friend of Sir Humphrey Davy.
'Published 56 papers on pathology, physiology, chemistry, optics, astronomy, mineralogy, crystallography, astronomy, electricity, mechanics, and botany, and almost every paper marks a distinct advance in the particular science involved.'
d. ; 1828:12:22
buried Chislehurst, [Kent],
Left money to Royal Society and endowed the 'Wollaston Fund' of the Geological Society
brother of Francis J. H. WOLLASTON (1779)
brother of Charles H. WOLLASTON (1789)
( Venn II. 106; Carthusian Worthies; G. Mag 1828, II. 550; D.N.B.; Munk II. 438-42; Boase, Biblio. Cornub. 900; Gunther, Early Science CB, ???, ; Leonard Blomefield, 41-5)
[add:]Portrait engravings: CAS: E.86; G.187[:add]

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