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William Hyde Wollaston

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Noun1.William Hyde Wollaston - English chemist and physicist who discovered palladium and rhodium and demonstrated that static and current electricity are the same (1766-1828)


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was William Hyde Wollaston who performed chemical processes to the ore to extract the palladium metal.
Palladium, named after the asteroid Pallas, was first discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston.
Palladium was discovered by William Hyde Wollaston in 1803.
 
 
 
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