1766
William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (died 1828)
William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (died 1828)
William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (died 1828)
William Hyde Wollaston
English chemist and physicist (1766–1828)
- Born
- 1766
William Hyde Wollaston 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, patented the camera lucida, and made contributions in electricity and spectroscopy.