Wollaston may refer to:

Places

Antarctica

Cape Wollaston Trinity Island or Île de la Trinité or Isla Trinidad is an island long and wide in the northern part of the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It lies east of Hoseason Island, south of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, and no ...

, Palmer Archipelago

Australia

John Wollaston Anglican Community School John Wollaston Anglican Community School is an independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school, located in Camillo, Perth, Western Australia. The school was founded in 1989 and offers K-12 K-1 is a professional kickb ...

, private school in Kelmscott, Perth, Western Australia * Wollaston, Western Australia, suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia *

Wollaston Island (Western Australia) Wollaston Island is an island off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. The island is at the northern end of the Bonaparte Archipelago in Montague Sound approximately offshore from the mainland. The island occupies an area of . Threate ...

, off the coast of Kimberley

Canada

* Wollaston, Ontario, a township * Wollaston Islands (Nunavut) *

Wollaston Peninsula The Wollaston Peninsula (previously, Wollaston Land) is a west-pointing peninsula located on southwestern Victoria Island, Canada. It is bordered by Prince Albert Sound to the north, Amundsen Gulf to the west and Dolphin and Union Strait to the ...

, split between Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada *

Wollaston Lake Wollaston Lake is a lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is northeast of Prince Albert. With a surface area of (excluding islands; if islands are included), it is the largest bifurcation lake in the world – that is, a lake th ...

, lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan **

Wollaston Lake Airport Wollaston Lake Airport is located adjacent to Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada on the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation. The airport consists of one runway (17/35) and a single apron. Transwest Air maintained a terminal, a fuel tank and a han ...

Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan Wollaston may refer to: Places Antarctica * Cape Wollaston, Palmer Archipelago Australia * John Wollaston Anglican Community School, private school in Kelmscott, Perth, Western Australia * Wollaston, Western Australia, suburb of Bunbury, We ...

, a village

Chile

Wollaston Islands The Wollaston Islands () are a group of islands in Chile south of Navarino Island and north of Cape Horn and east of the Hoste Island. The islands are ''Grevy'', ''Bayly'', ''Wollaston'' and ''Freycinet'', as well as the islets ''Dédalo'', ''S ...

, group of islands near Cape Horn

England

Wollaston, Northamptonshire Wollaston is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, about south of the market town of Wellingborough. The 2011 census recorded the population of the parish, including Strixton, as 3,491. Wollaston is from above sea le ...

** Wollaston School * Wollaston, Shropshire *

Wollaston, West Midlands Wollaston is a village on the outskirts of Stourbridge in the English West Midlands. It is located in the south of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, one mile from Stourbridge town centre. History Until 1974 when the West Midlands Metropolita ...

Greenland

Wollaston Foreland Wollaston Foreland ( da, Wollaston Forland) is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. History This peninsula was named by William Scoresby in 1822 as a testimony ...

, peninsula in Northeast Greenland

United States

Wollaston (Quincy, Massachusetts) Wollaston, Massachusetts, is a neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. Divided by Hancock Street or Route 3A, the Wollaston Beach side is known as Wollaston Park, while the Wollaston Hill side is known as Wollaston Heights. It is b ...

, neighborhood in Quincy, Massachusetts **

Wollaston (MBTA station) Wollaston station is a rapid transit station in Quincy, Massachusetts. Located in the Wollaston neighborhood, it serves the MBTA's Red Line. It was opened in September 1971 as the second of three stations in the original South Shore Extension, ...

, MBTA station **

Wollaston Beach Wollaston Beach is the largest public beach in the Boston harbor. The beach is located parallel to Quincy Shore Drive in North Quincy, Massachusetts, which was constructed to provide access to the bay beach for Greater Boston. Wollaston beach ex ...

, public beach ** Wollaston Theatre, historic building *

Mount Wollaston Quincy ( ) is a coastal U.S. city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county and a part of Metropolitan Boston as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 101,636, making ...

, various locations in Quincy, Massachusetts

Moon

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, form ...

, lunar crater

People

Arthur Wollaston Arthur Wollaston (March 1865 – 1933) was an English footballer who played in The Football League for Aston Villa. One source states Wollaston' middle name was William. In 1886, aged 21, he signed for Stafford Road where he played for two ye ...

(1865–1933), English footballer, played for Aston Villa * Sir

Arthur Naylor Wollaston Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

KCIE (1842–1922), Superintendent of Records, India Office *

Belinda Wollaston Belinda Wollaston (born 1983 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian musical theatre actor. Wollaston is a graduate of the NIDA Singer, Actor, Dancer and Young Actors Studio; and the prestigious Talent Development Project. She has performed exte ...

(born 1983), Australian musical theatre actor *

Charles Wollaston Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (31 July 1849 – 22 June 1926) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Wanderers and England. He won the FA Cup five times with Wanderers, becoming the first player to do so. Wollaston was born i ...

(1849–1926), English footballer, played for Wanderers and England *

Charlton Wollaston Charlton Wollaston (1733–1764) was an English medical doctor, physician to Guy's Hospital from 1762. He was also physician to the Queen's Household. He was a son of Francis Wollaston (1694–1774), and entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge i ...

(1733–1764), English physician *

Charlton James Wollaston Charlton may refer to: People * Charlton (surname) * Charlton (given name) Places Australia * Charlton, Queensland * Charlton, Victoria * Division of Charlton, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wale ...

, English, of ''Wollaston et Compagnie'', building the first international submarine telegraph cable (Dover-Calais) in 1851 with engineer

Thomas Russell Crampton Thomas Russell Crampton, MICE, MIMechE (6 August 1816 – 19 April 1888) was an English engineer born at Broadstairs, Kent, and trained on Brunel's Great Western Railway. He is best known for designing the Crampton locomotive but had many eng ...

Francis Wollaston (scientist) Francis Wollaston (6 June 1694, in 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, Cambridg ...

(1694–1774) *

Francis Wollaston (astronomer) Francis Wollaston (23 November 1731, London – 31 October 1815) was a British astronomer and Church of England priest. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1769. Life Wollaston was the son of Francis Wollaston (1694–1774) and his wi ...

(1731–1815) * Francis Wollaston (philosopher) (1762–1823) * George Wollaston (1738–1826), Fellow of the Royal Society *

Gerald Wollaston Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston (2 June 1874 – 4 March 1957) 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, ...

(1874–1957), officer of arms at the College of Arms in London * Sir

Harry Wollaston Sir Harry Newton Phillips Wollaston (17 January 184611 February 1921) was a senior Australian public servant. He was the first Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs, from 1901 to his retirement in 1911. Life and career ...

(1846–1921), Australian public servant * James Wollaston (1873–1918), English footballer, played for Small Heath *

John Wollaston (clergyman) John Ramsden Wollaston (28 March 1791 – 3 May 1856) was an Anglican priest who was instrumental in the establishment of the Church of England in Western Australia. Wollaston was born in London and educated at Charterhouse School where h ...

(1791–1856), Anglican clergyman in Western Australia *

John Wollaston (painter) John Wollaston (active between 1742 and 1775) 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 A ...

, English-born American portraitist * Richard Wollaston, English sea captain and pirate * Sandy Wollaston (1875–1930), British explorer * Dr

Sarah Wollaston Sarah Wollaston (born 17 February 1962) is a British former Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes from 2010 to 2019. First elected for the Conservative Party, she later served as a Change UK and Liberal ...

(born 1962), British general practitioner and MP for Totnes (2010–2019) *

Thomas Vernon Wollaston Thomas Vernon Wollaston (9 March 1822 – 4 January 1878) 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 ...

(1822–1878), English entomologist and malacologist * Tullie Cornthwaite Wollaston, opal dealer credited with introducing the claret ash to Australia at Raywood, Aldgate, SA *

William Wollaston William Wollaston (; 26 March 165929 October 1724) was a school teacher, Church of England priest, scholar of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, theologian, and a major Enlightenment era English philosopher. He is remembered today for one book, which he ...

(1659–1724), English philosophical writer *

William Wollaston (Ipswich MP elected 1733) William Wollaston (26 April 1693 – 20 June 1757), of Finborough, Suffolk, was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1741. Early life Wollaston was the second son of Revd William Wollaston (1659� ...

(1693–1764) *

William Wollaston (Ipswich MP elected 1768) Colonel William Wollaston (1731, Finborough Hall, Great Finborough, Suffolk – 10 November 1797, Bath) was a British M.P. for Ipswich between 1768 and 1784. He was born the eldest son of William Wollaston, MP and his wife Elizabeth Faquier an ...

(1730–1797) *

William Hyde Wollaston William Hyde Wollaston (; 6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium. He also developed a way to process platinum ore into malleable ingot ...

(1766–1828), English chemist, physicist and Fellow of the Royal Society

Other

Wollaston Medal The 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. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...

, awarded for work in geology *

Wollaston prism A Wollaston prism is an optical device, invented by William Hyde Wollaston, that manipulates polarized light. It separates light into two separate linearly polarized outgoing beams with orthogonal polarization. The two beams will be polarized a ...

, optical device, invented by William Hyde Wollaston * Wollaston's roundleaf bat, species of bat in the family Hipposideridae