Person Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college Master; writer on history and philosophy of science Whewell William college Master; writer on history and philosophy of science 1794 - 1866 British Male Brock Street, Lancaster, England 24 May 1794 Trinity College, Cambridge 06 March 1866 Burial: Trinity College antechapel, Cambridge

College master Education: MA Career: Ordained as an Anglican Priest in 1820 as required for Trinity College Fellows but was not a practicing clergyman; Chair of Mineralogy, University of Cambridge (1828-1832); Professor of Moral Philosophy (1838), University of Cambridge; Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge (1841-1866); Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge (1842, 1855) First person to give the term 'scientist' its modern meaning. Died from a mortal injury caused from falling from his bolting horse, Trinity College, Cambridge Royal Society roles: VP 1835-1836, 1858-1860 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1837 Lectures: Bakerian 1848 Fellow 13/04/1820 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1867-1868 vol 16 pp li-lxi signed by J F W H References: S Ross, 'Faraday Consults the Scholars: the Origins of the Terms of Electrochemistry' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 187-220, plate R Robson and Walter F Cannon, 'William Whewell, FRS (1794-1866)' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 168-191, plate W H Brock, 'The Selection of the Authors of the Bridgewater Treatises' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 162-179 P M Harman, 'Newton to Maxwell: the Principia and British Physics' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 75-96 John Hedley Brooke, review of Colin A Russell, Lancastrian Chemist: the Early Years of Sir Edward Frankland in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 135-136 M V Wilkes, 'Herschel, Peacock, Babbage and the Development of the Cambridge Curriculum' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 205-219 William T Ashworth, 'Defining Whewell', review of Richard Yeo, Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge, and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 260-262, plate ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-19728 24 May 1794 - 6 Mar 1866 NA6578 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/02/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/29606152 1282899e-d4c4-404e-8962-2735ee95ec61