Part 3 - Wollaston¡¯s Contribution

Palladium was finally isolated from platinum and identified as a separate elemental metal in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, a brilliant researcher who made many contributions in very diverse fields of science . The Wollaston Medal (originally made of palladium) is named after him: the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London, first granted in 1832. He even had an island in the Arctic named after him, in recognition of a navigational instrument he invented.