William Whewell was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poetry and mathematics.
- Occupation
- economist, physicist, historian, philosopher
- Position held
- President of the Geological Society of London, President of the British Science Association, dean, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- May 24, 1794
- Died
- March 6, 1866
