Wollaston
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Places
Australia- John Wollaston Anglican Community SchoolJohn Wollaston Anglican Community SchoolJohn Wollaston Anglican Community School is a private school located in Kelmscott, Perth, Western Australia. The school was founded in 1988 and offers K-12 education.- Notable alumni :Past John Wollaston attendees include:...
, private school in Kelmscott, Perth, Western Australia - Wollaston, Western AustraliaWollaston, Western AustraliaWollaston is an inner southeastern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia, located 4 km from the centre of Bunbury. Its Local Government Area is the City of Bunbury, and it contains the Bunbury Passenger Terminal, the terminus for the Transwa Australind service....
, suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia
Canada
- Wollaston Islands (Nunavut)Wollaston Islands (Nunavut)Wollaston Islands is an uninhabited member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. Located at the opening of Navy Board Inlet, the island group is closer to Bylot Island than to Baffin Island....
- Wollaston PeninsulaWollaston PeninsulaThe Wollaston Peninsula is located on southwestern Victoria Island, Canada. Most of the peninsula lies in Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region, bordered by the Dolphin and Union Strait to the south. A smaller portion lies within the Northwest Territories's Inuvik Region, bordered by the Amundsen Gulf to the...
, split between Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada - Wollaston LakeWollaston LakeWollaston Lake is located in northeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. With a surface area of 2286 km² , it is the largest lake in the world that drains naturally in two directions...
, lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan- Wollaston Lake AirportWollaston Lake AirportWollaston Lake Airport, , is located adjacent to Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:...
- Wollaston Lake Airport
Chile
- Wollaston IslandsWollaston IslandsWollaston Islands is a group of islands in the extreme south of Chile near Cape Horn. The islands are inside Cabo de Hornos National Park, belonging to the Commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province of Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region....
, group of islands near Cape Horn
England
- Wollaston, NorthamptonshireWollaston, NorthamptonshireWollaston is a large village in the borough of Wellingborough. in Eastern Northamptonshire, England. The name is derived from the Saxon "Wulfaf's Town" - named after a Saxon chief of that name.-Wollaston Today:...
- Wollaston, ShropshireWollaston, ShropshireWollaston is a small village in Shropshire, England, only a quarter of a mile from the Welsh border.It also was a civil parish, until 2005 when it was abolished and absorbed into the two neighbouring parishes: Alberbury with Cardeston and Westbury....
- Wollaston, West MidlandsWollaston, West MidlandsWollaston is a village and suburb of Stourbridge, in West Midlands, England. It is within Dudley Metropolitan Borough. It is situated on the border between Dudley Metropolitan Borough and Staffordshire County , and until 1974 was in Worcestershire. Wollaston is one mile from Stourbridge town...
United States
- Wollaston (Quincy, Massachusetts), neighborhood in Quincy, Massachusetts
- Wollaston (MBTA Station)Wollaston (MBTA station)Wollaston is a station on the Red Line of the MBTA subway at the intersection of Beale Street and Newport Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts. It serves Quincy's Wollaston neighborhood. There is an on-site 550 space parking lot...
, MBTA station - Wollaston BeachWollaston BeachWollaston Beach is a public beach located along Quincy Shore Drive in the Wollaston, section of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on Quincy Bay, part of Boston Harbor. It is cared for by the Friends of Wollaston Beach , and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation . At its...
, public beach - Wollaston TheatreWollaston TheatreWollaston Theatre is a historic theater at 14 Beale Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.It was built in 1926 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. In recent decades, the "Wolly" was a second-run discount movie house, run by Arthur and Yvonne Chandler...
, historic building
- Wollaston (MBTA Station)
- Mount WollastonMount WollastonWollaston, Massachusetts, is a neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. Divided by Hancock Street/Route 3A, the Wollaston Beach side is called Wollaston Park, while the Wollaston Hill side is called Wollaston Heights....
, various locations in Quincy, Massachusetts
Moon
- Wollaston (crater)Wollaston (crater)Wollaston is a relatively small lunar impact crater located in the Oceanus Procellarum. To the northwest is the similar Nielsen. To the southeast is the somewhat larger Krieger. There are several small rilles to the southwest of Wollaston, forming part of the Rimae Prinz.This is a circular,...
, lunar crater.
People
- Belinda WollastonBelinda WollastonBelinda Wollaston is an acclaimed Australian musical theatre actor.Wollaston is a graduate of the NIDA Singer, Actor, Dancer and Young Actors Studio; and the prestigious Talent Development Project...
(b. 1983), Australian musical theatre actor - Charles WollastonCharles WollastonCharles Henry Reynolds Wollaston was an English footballer for Wanderers F.C. and England.Wollaston played for Wanderers in the first FA Cup Final in 1872 and scored in the second final of 1873. In all he won five winner's medals, the first player to achieve this feat.He earned four caps for...
(1849–1926), English footballer - Charlton WollastonCharlton WollastonCharlton Wollaston was an English medical doctor, physician to the Queen's Household.He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. He was a son of Francis Wollaston . He married in 1758 Phillis Byam and their son was Charlton Byam Wollaston , Assistant Judge Advocate. He was Harveian...
(1733–1764), English physician - Francis Wollaston (scientist) (1694–1774)
- Francis Wollaston (priest and astronomer) (1737–1815)
- George WollastonGeorge WollastonGeorge Wollaston was English. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763.He was the son of Francis Wollaston . He was educated at Charterhouse School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he graduated second wrangler in 1758...
(1738–1828), Fellow of the Royal Society - Gerald WollastonGerald WollastonSir Gerald Woods Wollaston, KCB, KCVO was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Wollaston's family had a firm tradition at the College of Arms. Wollaston's great-grandfather was Sir William Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms from 1838 until his death in 1842...
(1874–1957), officer of arms at the College of Arms in London - John WollastonJohn WollastonReverend John Ramsden Wollaston , was an Anglican clergyman who was instrumental in the establishment of the Church of England in Western Australia....
(1790–1856), Anglican clergyman in Western Australia - John WollastonJohn Wollaston (painter)John Wollaston was an English painter of portraits who was active in the British colonies in North America for much of his career. He was one of a handful of painters to introduce the English Rococo style to the American colonies.-Biography:Little is known of Wollaston's early life. He is...
, English-born American portraitist - Sandy WollastonSandy WollastonAlexander Frederick Richmond “Sandy” Wollaston was a British medical doctor, ornithologist, botanist, climber and explorer....
(1875–1930), British explorer - Dr Sarah WollastonSarah WollastonDr Sarah Wollaston is a British general practitioner and politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Totnes for the Conservative party since 2010...
(b. 1962), British general practitioner and MP for Totnes (2010–) - Thomas Vernon WollastonThomas Vernon WollastonThomas Vernon Wollaston was a prominent English entomologist and malacologist, becoming especially known for his studies of Coleoptera inhabiting several North Atlantic archipelagoes. He was well-placed socially. His religious beliefs effectively prevented him from supporting Darwin's theories...
(1822–1878), English entomologist and malacologist - William WollastonWilliam WollastonWilliam Wollaston was an English philosophical writer. He is remembered today for one book, which he completed only two years before his death: ....
(1659–1724), English philosophical writer - William Wollaston (Ipswich MP elected 1733)William Wollaston (Ipswich MP elected 1733)William Wollaston was M.P. for Ipswich between 1733 and 1734.He was the son of William Wollaston , the philosopher. His son, William Wollaston was also MP for Ipswich.-References:...
(1693–1757) - William Wollaston (Ipswich MP elected 1768)William Wollaston (Ipswich MP elected 1768)Colonel William Wollaston was M.P. for Ipswich between 1768 and 1784. He was friendly with the artist Thomas Gainsborough, with whom he shared a love of music, and Gainsborough painted Wollaston's portrait in about 1758...
(1731–1797) - William Hyde WollastonWilliam Hyde WollastonWilliam Hyde Wollaston FRS was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering two chemical elements and for developing a way to process platinum ore.-Biography:...
(1766–1828), English chemist, physicist and Fellow of the Royal Society
Other
- Wollaston MedalWollaston MedalThe Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831...
, awarded for work in geology - Wollaston prismWollaston prismA Wollaston prism is an optical device, invented by William Hyde Wollaston, that manipulates polarized light. It separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal linearly polarized outgoing beams....
, optical device, invented by William Hyde Wollaston - Wollaston's Roundleaf BatWollaston's Roundleaf BatWollaston's Roundleaf Bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It was named after the explorer Sandy Wollaston.-Source:...
, species of bat in the Hipposideridae family