William Prout

William Prout
Nascimento	15 de janeiro de 1785 Horton
Morte	9 de abril de 1850 (65 anos) Londres
Nacionalidade	britânico
Prêmios	Medalha Copley (1827)
Carreira científica
Campo(s)	química

William Prout (Horton, 15 de janeiro de 1785 — Londres, 9 de abril de 1850) foi um médico e químico britânico do século XIX.

Em 1815 formulou a hipótese de Prout, segundo a qual os átomos de todos os elementos eram formados por átomos de hidrógenio.

Obras

• Prout, William (1825). An Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Diabetes, Calculus, and Other Affections of the Urinary Organs 2 ed. London: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy 
• Prout, William (1834). Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion Considered with Reference to Natural Theology; Bridgewater Treatises, W. Pickering (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 9781108000666)
• Prout, William (1816). «Correction of a Mistake in the Essay on the Relation between the Specific Gravities of Bodies in their Gaseous State and the Weights of their Atoms». Annals of Philosophy. 7: 111 – 113 
• Prout, William (1849). On the Nature and Treatment of Stomach and Urinary Diseases 3 ed. London: John Churchill 
• Prout, William (1815). «On the Relation between the Specific Gravities of Bodies in their Gaseous State and the Weights of their Atoms». Annals of Philosophy. 6: 321 – 330 

Precedido por James South

Medalha Copley 1827 com Henry Foster

Sucedido por George Biddell Airy