William de Wiveleslie Abney

Date of Birth	24-July-1843
Place of Birth	Derby (United Kingdom, England, East Midlands, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
Nationality	England
Profession	Chemist, Photographer
Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney, KCB, FRS was an English astronomer, chemist, and photographer.

Awards by William de Wiveleslie Abney

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Rumford Medal	(For his photographic researches and his discovery of the method of photographing the less refrangible part of the spectrum, especially the infra-red region; also for his researches on the absorption of various compound bodies in this part of the spectrum.)