William Whewell

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Anglican priest historian of science human philosopher polymath theologian university administrator

William Whewell was a 19th-century English polymath, philosopher, and historian of science known for coining key scientific terms and shaping the philosophy of scientific method.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican priest → historian of science → human → philosopher → polymath → theologian → university administrator →
birthDate	1794-05-24 →
birthPlace	Lancaster, Lancashire, England →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1866-03-06 →
deathPlace	Cambridge, England →
educatedAt	Trinity College, Cambridge →
employer	Trinity College, Cambridge → University of Cambridge →
fieldOfWork	history of science → moral philosophy → natural philosophy → philosophy of science → theology →
gender	male →
influenced	James Clerk Maxwell → John Stuart Mill → later philosophy of science →
influencedBy	Francis Bacon → Isaac Newton →
knownFor	coining the term "anode" → coining the term "cathode" → coining the term "ion" → coining the term "physicist" → coining the term "scientist" → contributions to the philosophy of scientific method → historical studies of the inductive sciences →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	British Association for the Advancement of Science → Royal Society →
name	William Whewell →
nationality	English →
notableWork	Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology → History of the Inductive Sciences → The Elements of Morality → The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences →
placeOfBurial	Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge →
positionHeld	Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge → Master of Trinity College, Cambridge → Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Cambridge →
religion	Anglicanism →
spouse	Cordelia Whewell → Janet Whewell →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology → History of the Inductive Sciences → The Elements of Morality →	author
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge →	derivesTermFrom
Henry Sidgwick →	influencedBy
William Whewell →	name
Cordelia Whewell →	spouse