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William Hyde Wollaston
1766Aug, 6

William Hyde Wollaston

William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828)
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. He also developed a way to process platinum ore into malleable ingots.

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