Francis Wollaston (scientist)

Francis Wollaston (6 June 1694, London - 27 December 1774) was an English scientist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1723.

Wollaston was the third son of William Wollaston. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.^[1]He married Mary Farquier, daughter of John Francis Farquier, in 1728 and they had the following children:

Mary Wollaston (1730-1813) married William Heberden
Charlton Wollaston (1733-1764), physician
Francis Wollaston (1737-1815), priest and astronomer.
George Wollaston (1738-1828) (FRS)
William Henry Wollaston, (1737-1759), dsp

References

^ Francis Wollaston (scientist) in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

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Name	Wollaston, Francis
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Short description	English scientist
Date of birth	6 June 1694
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Date of death	27 December 1774
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