Wollaston

American  

[wool-uh-stuhn] / ˈwʊl ə stən /

noun

1. William Hyde, 1766–1828, English chemist and physicist.

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Wollaston Scientific  

/ wl′ə-stən /

1. British chemist and physicist who discovered the elements palladium (1803) and rhodium (1804). In 1805 he devised a process for producing malleable platinum that could be used to make various utensils and apparatus. Wollaston was also one of the first scientists to realize that the arrangement of atoms in a molecule must be three-dimensional.

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Example Sentences

Saturday's race came down to a front group of 12 and Wollaston, who had two FDJ-United Suez teammates in support, including Dutch domestique Amber Kraak, timed her finishing sprint to perfection.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

New Zealand sprinter Ally Wollaston powered to her third World Tour win of the season to claim back-to-back victories in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Geelong on Saturday.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

With her country needing a rider on Friday in the 4,000-meter team pursuit after Ally Wollaston broke her wrist at the Tour de France Femmes, Andrews agreed to step in.

From Washington Times • Jul. 30, 2022

Maisie Summers-Newton arrived in Wollaston on Saturday night to rapturous applause and cheering, in an emotional return from Japan.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2021

You have made peace between powers that were never at Enmity....In short, the mighty defunct Potentates of Mount Wollaston and Monticello by your sorceries...are again in being.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis