| Authorised form of name | Wollaston; Francis (1731 - 1815) |
| Surname | Wollaston |
| Forenames | Francis |
| Dates | 1731 - 1815 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
London, England (23 November 1731)
Death:
Chislehurst rectory, London (31 October 1815) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Astronomy
Education:
Career:
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| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
13/04/1769
Admitted 20 April 1769 |
| Relationships | Son of Francis Wollaston (FRS 1723) and Mary, (1702-1773) eldest daughter of John Francis Fauquier; married Althea, (1739-1798) 11 May 1758 fifth daughter of John Hyde of Charterhouse Square, with whom he had seven sons; father of Francis John Hyde Wollaston (FRS 1786) and William Hyde Wollaston (FRS 1793); grandfather of Alexander Luard Wollaston (FRS 1829) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Royal Society code | NA3227 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| L&P/8/89 | Letter, 'Variation of local heat as determined by a special thermometer' from James Six to Francis Wollaston | 10 March 1784 |
| NLB/37/834 | Copy Letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to G Woods Wollaston, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street | 21 May 1908 |
| L&P/8/58/2 | Plate, 'Star atlas' by Francis Wollaston | 1783 |
| L&P/5/326 | Paper, 'Astronomical observations made at Chislehurst' by Francis Wollaston | 10 November 1772 |
| L&P/6/35 | Paper, 'Astronomical observations at Chislehurst' by Francis Wollaston | 3 January 1774 |
| L&P/6/102 | Paper, 'Observations in 1774 of the going of his astronomical clock' by Francis Wollaston | January 1775 |
| L&P/8/58/3 | Plate, Map of stars and an inverted moon' by Francis Wollaston | 1783 |
| L&P/8/58 | Paper, 'Of a method of describing the relative magnitudes of the fixed stars' by Francis Wollaston | 1783 |
| L&P/10/41 | Paper, 'Description of a meridian dial which gives mean solar time every day at noon' by Francis Wollaston | 1793 |
| L&P/8/144 | Paper, 'Of a new system of wires in the focus of a telescope' by Francis Wollaston | 15 March 1785 |
| L&P/8/144/1 | Paper, 'Of a new system of wires in the focus of a telescope' by Francis Wollaston | 15 March 1785 |
| L&P/8/144/2 | Plate, 'Position of wires' by Francis Wollaston | 1785 |
| L&P/9/21 | Paper, 'Observations of Miss Herschel's comet in August and September 1786' by Francis Wollaston | 18 November 1786 |
| L&P/9/72 | Letter, 'Experiments on local heat' from James Six to Francis Wollaston | 1788 |
| L&P/10/47/1 | Paper, 'Description of a transit circle' by Francis Wollaston | 1793 |
| L&P/9/153 | Letter, 'A letter on the observation of a luminous arch' from Francis John Hyde Wollaston to Francis Wollaston | 24 February 1784 |
| L&P/10/47 | Paper, 'Description of a transit circle' by Francis Wollaston | 1793 |
| EC/1769/02 | Wollaston, Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/17/39 | Letter from Isaac Newton to JF Fauquier | 27 July 1720 |