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 nor ...

, 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 East Bunbury is an inner southeastern List of Bunbury suburbs, suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia, Bunbury, Western Australia from the Bunbury, Western Australia (suburb), centre of Bunbury. It is located within the Local government areas of ...

, suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia * Wollaston Island (Western Australia), off the coast of Kimberley

Canada

* Wollaston, Ontario, a township *

Wollaston Islands (Nunavut) The Wollaston Islands are uninhabited members of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. Located on the east side of the mouth of Navy Board Inlet, the island group is closer to Bylot Island than to Baffin Island. References Exte ...

* Wollaston Peninsula, split between Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada *

Wollaston Lake Wollaston Lake () is a lake in the north-eastern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is about north-east of Prince Albert. With a surface area of (excluding islands; if islands are included), it is the largest bifurcation lake ...

, lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan **

Wollaston Lake Airport Wollaston Lake Airport is located adjacent to Wollaston Lake in 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 ha ...

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, ...

, 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'', ''Su ...

, 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 l ...

Wollaston School Wollaston School is a Mixed-sex education, co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, Wollaston in the English county of Northamptonshire. History Establishment The school was first opened in 1958. P ...

Wollaston, Shropshire Wollaston is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Alberbury with Cardeston, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, only a quarter of a mile from the Welsh border. In 2001 the paris ...

Wollaston, West Midlands Wollaston is a village on the outskirts of Stourbridge, in the south of the Dudley district, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is located one mile west of Stourbridge town centre. Etymology The name Wollaston is taken to orig ...

Greenland

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

, 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 ...

, neighborhood in Quincy, Massachusetts **

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

, 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 e ...

, public beach **

Wollaston Theatre The Wollaston Theatre was 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 ru ...

, historic building *

Mount Wollaston Quincy ( ) is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county. Quincy is part of the Greater Boston area as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 101,636, making it t ...

, 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, f ...

, 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 KCIE (1842–1922), Superintendent of Records, India Office * Belinda Wollaston (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 in ...

(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 ...

(1733–1764), English physician * Charlton James Wollaston, 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 e ...

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, Cambri ...

(1694–1774) *

Francis Wollaston (astronomer) Francis Wollaston (23 November 1731 in 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 hi ...

(1731–1815) *

Francis Wollaston (philosopher) Francis John Hyde Wollaston (13 April 1762, London – 12 October 1823) was an English natural philosopher and Jacksonian Professor at the University of Cambridge. Life Francis John Hyde Wollaston was the son of Francis Wollaston (1731–1815) ...

(1762–1823) *

George Wollaston George Wollaston (1738–1826) was an English Anglican priest. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763. He was the son of Francis Wollaston (1694-1774). He was educated at Charterhouse School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge ...

(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, 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 W ...

(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 James Wollaston (1873 – December 1918) was an English footballer who played in the Football Alliance for Small Heath. Wollaston was born in the Hall Green district of Birmingham and played local football before spending a few weeks with Small ...

(1873–1918), English footballer, played for Small Heath *

John Wollaston (clergyman) John Ramsden Wollaston (28 March 1791 – 3 May 1856) was an Anglicanism, 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 Sch ...

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

John Wollaston (painter) John Wollaston was an English painter who specialised in portraits and was active mostly in British North America. He was one of a handful of painters to introduce English Rococo styles of painting to Britain's North American colonies. Biography ...

, English-born American portraitist *

Richard Wollaston Richard Wollaston (died March 17, 1626) was an English sea captain and pirate who was one of the first colonists in New England and the namesake of Wollaston (Quincy, Massachusetts) and Mount Wollaston. Some historians believe that Wollaston was ...

, 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 Libera ...

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

Thomas Vernon Wollaston Thomas Vernon Wollaston (9 March 1822 – 4 January 1878) was an England, English entomologist and malacologist, becoming especially known for his studies of Coleoptera inhabiting several North Atlantic archipelagoes. He was well-placed sociall ...

(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 an English 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, ...

(1659–1724), English philosophical writer * William Wollaston (Ipswich MP elected 1733) (1693–1764) * William Wollaston (Ipswich MP elected 1768) (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 i ...

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

Other

Wollaston Medal The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology and the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London, the oldest geological society in the world. The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. I ...

, 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 are polarized accor ...

, optical device, invented by William Hyde Wollaston *

Wollaston's roundleaf bat Wollaston's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros wollastoni'') 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. Taxonomy and etymology It was ...

, species of bat in the family Hipposideridae