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George Wollaston
George Wollaston
was an
English
Anglican priest
. He was
elected
a
Fellow of the Royal Society
in
1763
.
He was the son of
Francis Wollaston
. He was
educated
at
Charterhouse School
and
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
, where he graduated
second wrangler
in
1758
. He
married
in
1765
Elizabeth Palmer
of
Thurnscoe
Hall
and they had a single daughter
Elizabeth
Palmer Wollaston who
died in infancy
.