Article ID: CBB001214309

William Whewell: Professor of Mineralogy [and Crystallography] Cambridge University 1828--1834 (2014)

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Today philosophers, scientists, and other scholars know William Whewell as a major figure in the history and philosophy of science and as a wordsmith who coined many scientific terms still in use. Mineralogists are likely aware that there is a mineral Whewellite. Whewell entered the field of mineralogy just as it was coming of age as a science. He was a life-long academic at Trinity College, Cambridge University where he served as Professor of Mineralogy, later as Professor of Moral Philosophy, and rose to become Master of the College. His major contributions to earth science were in mathematical crystallography and tidal phenomena. Whewell's wide-ranging ideas and research qualify him as a mid-nineteenth century polymath.

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Authors & Contributors
Quinn, Aleta
Ferraris, Giovanni
Wothers, Peter
van Wyhe, John
Valone, David A.
Usselman, Melvyn C.
Concepts
Science education and teaching
Chemistry
Mineralogy
Mathematics
Crystallography
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
17th century
Places
England
Great Britain
British Isles
United Kingdom
Isle of Wight
London (England)
Institutions
Cambridge University
Oxford University
Cambridge Philosophical Society
Trinity College Dublin
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