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William Wollaston (1766-1828) amassed a large fortune through his discovery in 1804 of how to make malleable platinum.

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He went on to discover the new elements palladium in 1804 and rhodium in 1805. He also contributed to optics through the invention of a number of ingenious and still useful measuring instruments.

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William Wollaston was a British chemist and physicist.

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