Francis Wollaston (23 November 1731 in London – 31 October 1815) was a British astronomer and Church of England priest. He was elected a Fellow of the...
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Francis Wollaston may refer to: Francis Wollaston (scientist) (1694–1774), English scientist and father of the below astronomer Francis Wollaston (astronomer)...
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Crampton Francis Wollaston (scientist) (1694–1774) Francis Wollaston (astronomer) (1731–1815) Francis Wollaston (philosopher) (1762–1823) George Wollaston (1738–1826)...
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born in East Dereham in Norfolk, the son of the Francis Wollaston (1737–1815), a noted amateur astronomer, and his wife Althea Hyde. He was one of 17 children...
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Francis Wollaston (1731–1815), priest and astronomer Charlton Wollaston (1733–1764), physician William Henry Wollaston, (1737–1759) George Wollaston (1738–1826)...
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William Wollaston (/ˈwʊləstən/; 26 March 1659 – 29 October 1724) was an English school teacher, Church of England priest, scholar of Latin, Greek, and...
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Alexander Luard Wollaston, who was himself grandson of the astronomer Francis Wollaston, whose sons included- alongside A. L. Wollaston's father George...
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Cambridge. Francis John Hyde Wollaston was the son of Francis Wollaston (1731–1815) and Althea Hyde, and brother to William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828)...
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the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston. The basic optics were described 200 years earlier by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler in his Dioptrice...
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Berzelius; Francis Kiernan Wollaston Medal: Louis Agassiz February 5 – Alexander Stewart Herschel (died 1907), South African-born British astronomer. April...
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He was also physician to the Queen's Household. He was a son of Francis Wollaston (1694–1774), and entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1748...
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physicist. August 30 – Francis Baily (born 1774), English astronomer. December 28 – Thomas Henderson (born 1798), Scottish astronomer. Bessel, F. W. (December...
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William Wollaston (26 April 1693 – 20 June 1757), of Finborough, Suffolk, was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from...
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Gerald Woods Wollaston KCB KCVO (2 June 1874 – 4 March 1957) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Wollaston's family had...
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Louise du Pierry, French astronomer (born 1746) April 4 – Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer (born 1732) December 5 – Francis Willis, English physician...
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George Wollaston (1738–1826) was an English Anglican priest. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763. He was the son of Francis Wollaston (1694-1774)...
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of Exeter, but she died in 1754. He remarried to Mary Wollaston, daughter of Francis Wollaston (1694–1774), and had a further eight children, of whom...
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(among them Charlton Wollaston, Francis Wollaston (1694-1774), Francis Wollaston (1762-1823), George Wollaston and William Hyde Wollaston); Raven was also...
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of the Metre Convention in Paris. Copley Medal: August Wilhelm Hofmann Wollaston Medal for geology: Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck January 10 – Issai Schur...
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George Salmon Wollaston Medal for Geology: Thomas George Bonney January 17 – Ralph H. Fowler (died 1944), English physicist and astronomer. March 21 – Frederick...
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by Sir Francis Chantrey) is erected in Manchester during the scientist's lifetime. Copley Medal: Carl Friedrich Gauss; Michael Faraday Wollaston Medal:...
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illustrated with photographic images. Copley Medal: Jean-Baptiste Dumas Wollaston Medal for Geology: Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont; Pierre Armand Dufrenoy...
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capable of creating a significant vacuum. Copley Medal: Michel Chasles Wollaston Medal in Geology: Thomas Davidson January 22 – Friedrich Paschen (died...
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Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (31 July 1849 – 22 June 1926) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Wanderers and England. He won the...
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heavier-than-air aircraft (a glider). Copley Medal: Heinrich Wilhelm Dove Wollaston Medal for Geology: Adolphe d'Archiac; Édouard de Verneuil January 24 –...
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Chemie is founded by Felix Hoppe-Seyler. Copley Medal: James Dwight Dana Wollaston Medal: Robert Mallet February 2 – Margarete Zuelzer (died 1944), German...
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Thomas Vernon Wollaston FLS (9 March 1822 – 4 January 1878) was an English entomologist and malacologist, becoming especially known for his studies of...
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Colonel William Wollaston (1731, Finborough Hall, Great Finborough, Suffolk – 10 November 1797, Bath) was a British Member of Parliament for Ipswich between...
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Francis Fauquier (1703 – 3 March 1768) was a British colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1758 to 1768. Born...
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Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. Copley Medal: William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Thomas Blanford January 4 – Johanna Westerdijk...
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