Died 1866-03-06.
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William Whewell
William Whewell was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poetry and mathematics.
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Born 24 May 1794 · Died 6 March 1866 · Q333922
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1866· 1 entry
1860· 1 entry
And (posthumously) in 1868, and are now collectively named Whewell's Court (in the singular)
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1858· 1 entry
Married again, to Everina Frances (née Ellis), sister of Robert Leslie Ellis and widow of Sir Gilbert Affleck, 5th Baronet
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1848· 1 entry
Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1848).
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1847· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1847).
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1845· 1 entry
“Whewell also famously opposed the idea of evolution. First, he published a new book, Indications of the Creator, 1845, composed of extracts from his earlier works to counteract the popular anonymous evolutionary work Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. Later Whewell opposed Darwin's theories of evolution.”
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1841· 6 entries
Career landmark: dean (1841–1866).
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Career landmark: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1841–1866).
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Cordelia Marshall, daughter of John Marshall
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Career landmark: President of the British Science Association (1841–1842).
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Whewell succeeded Christopher Wordsworth as master
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And retained that position until his death in 1866
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1840· 1 entry
The naval surveyor William Hewett confirmed Whewell's prediction
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1837· 2 entries
Won Royal Medal (1837).
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Career landmark: President of the Geological Society of London (1837–1839).
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1833· 1 entry
And it was first published in Whewell's anonymous 1834 review of Mary Somerville's On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences published in the Quarterly Review
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1828· 1 entry
And carried out extensive work on the tides
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1826· 1 entry
And 1828, Whewell was engaged with George Airy in conducting experiments in Dolcoath mine in Cornwall, in order to determine the density of the earth
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1820· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1820).
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1816· 4 entries
Awarded Smith's Prize (1816).
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Studied at Trinity College (1812–1816).
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President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1817, became fellow and tutor of his college
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The year Whewell received his bachelor's degree at Trinity College, but before his most significant professional accomplishments
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1814· 2 entries
Won Chancellor's Gold Medal (1814).
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Was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal for poetry
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1812· 1 entry
Studied at Dallam School (1810–1812).
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1810· 1 entry
Studied at Lancaster Royal Grammar School (1810).
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1807· 1 entry
When Whewell was 13 years old
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1794· 1 entry
Born 1794-05-24.
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