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William Hyde Wollaston
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<p>William Hyde Wollaston <a href="/facts/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society/cWs8TdC5">FRS</a> was an <a href="/facts/English_people/IeI9c7BK">English</a> <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a> and physicist who is famous for discovering the <a href="/facts/Chemical_element/0jducgWD">chemical elements</a> <a href="/facts/Palladium/AXMwDFxs">palladium</a> and <a href="/facts/Rhodium/xmBd9aFG">rhodium</a>. He also developed a way to process <a href="/facts/Platinum/qJC6lQf7">platinum</a> ore into <a href="/facts/Malleable/SBJsahEk">malleable</a> <a href="/facts/Ingots/j7kzdag2">ingots</a>, patented the <a href="/facts/Camera_lucida/zMYp77om">camera lucida</a>, and made contributions in electricity and spectroscopy. </p>