Wollaston, William H.

Wollaston,

William H., English physician and physicist, 1766-1828. Wollaston doublet - a combination of two planoconvex lenses in the eyepiece of a microscope designed to correct the chromatic aberration.Wollaston theory - a theory that the semidecussation of the optic nerves at the chiasm is proved by the homonymous hemianopia seen in brain lesions.