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William Hyde Wollaston

1766 - 1828

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William Hyde Wollaston (; 6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Hyde Wollaston has received more than 237,371 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). William Hyde Wollaston is the 241st most popular chemist (down from 231st in 2019), the 954th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 986th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Chemist.

William Hyde Wollaston is most famous for his discovery of palladium in 1802.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, William Hyde Wollaston ranks 241 out of 602. Before him are Roger D. Kornberg, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Johan August Arfwedson, Henri Victor Regnault, Geoffrey Wilkinson, and Mária Telkes. After him are Elias James Corey, Thomas Graham, Ryōji Noyori, William C. Campbell, Paul Lauterbur, and Ida Noddack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, William Hyde Wollaston ranks 15. Before him are Charlotte, Princess Royal, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Maine de Biran, and Dominique Jean Larrey. After him are Slimane of Morocco, Charles Macintosh, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, François-Xavier Fabre, Samuel Wilson, and Robert Darwin. Among people deceased in 1828, William Hyde Wollaston ranks 14. Before him are Jean-Antoine Houdon, Kobayashi Issa, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Carl Peter Thunberg, and Charlotte, Princess Royal. After him are Sineperver Sultan, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Radama I, Charlotte Buff, Richard Parkes Bonington, and Samuel Frederick Gray.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hyde Wollaston ranks 954 out of 8,785. Before him are Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), Stewart Granger (1913), Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971), Tony Richardson (1928), Lobsang Rampa (1910), and Hans Sloane (1660). After him are Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), Isabella of England (1214), Thomas Graham (1805), Eric Idle (1943), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), and Shane MacGowan (1957).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Hyde Wollaston ranks 30. Before him are John E. Walker (1941), John Vane (1927), Derek Barton (1918), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Herbert C. Brown (1912), and Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921). After him are Thomas Graham (1805), Ida Noddack (1896), Michael Smith (1932), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), William Henry Perkin (1838), and William Henry (1774).

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