WOLLASTON

'Wollaston' may refer to:
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Contents

Places

Australia

Canada

Chile

England

United States

Moon

People

Miscellaneous

Places

Australia

★ Wollaston, a suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia.

Canada

★ Wollaston Lake, a lake in northeastern Saskatchewan.

Chile

★ Wollaston Islands, located near Cape Horn, Commune of Cabo de Hornos, Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region.

England

★ Wollaston, Northamptonshire

★ Wollaston, Shropshire

★ Wollaston, West Midlands

United States

★ Wollaston, a neighborhood in Quincy, Massachusetts

★ Wollaston, an MBTA station serving the above neighborhood.

Moon

★ Wollaston crater.

People

★ Thomas Vernon Wollaston

★ Francis Wollaston (1694-1774) and his descendants:

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★ Son Charlton Wollaston, physician

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★ Son Francis Wollaston (1737-1815), priest, astronomer and Fellow of the Royal Society,

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★ Son George Wollaston

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★ Grandson William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist, physicist and Fellow of the Royal Society

★ William Wollaston, English religious philosopher

Miscellaneous

★ Wollaston Medal, awarded for work in geology,

★ Wollaston prism, optical device, invented by William Hyde Wollaston,

★ Wollaston wire, a very fine platinum wire.