What is his full name?
William Henry Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
William Howard Wollaston
William Harvey Wollaston
Answer
William Hyde Wollaston was an English chemist and inventor. He is best known for discovering palladium and rhodium in 1803, and for inventing the Wollaston prism, a diffraction grating used in spectroscopy.
Discovering Wollaston: A Journey through the Life and Achievements of William Hyde Wollaston
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