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William Buckland was born in Axminster, Devon, on the 12 th of March in 1784, the eldest son of Rector of Templeton and Trusham Charles Buckland, and Elizabeth Buckland. William’s interest in geology and natural history was tapped by his proximity to quarries in Axminster which was bountiful with fossil remains. His father had a keen interest ...
Biography detailing the life of renowned geologist William Buckland (1784-1856), a pioneer of modern geological inquiry. Buckland's studies paved the way for Charles Darwin's (1809-1882) development of evolutionary theory. Penned by Buckland's daughter, Elizabeth Oke Buckland Gordon almost forty years after his death, The Life and Correspondence provides a personal insight into Buckland's...
William Buckland1784-1856 English geologist who attempted to reconcile the conflict between science and religion. Publishing works on the world's creation and the great flood referred to in the Bible, Buckland displayed a keen interest in using geologic evidence to support Christian beliefs. In addition, Buckland compared certain gouged rocks ...
12 de mar. de 2023 · William Buckland (1784 – 1856) On March 12, 1784 , English theologian, geologist and eccentric palaeontologist William Buckland was born, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus. “Geology holds the keys of one of the kingdoms of nature; and it cannot be said that a science which extends our ...
Oxford University's first reader in geology, William Buckland, described the species Megalosaurus to the Geological Society on 20 February 1824.
Há 5 dias · William Buckland, geologist and Dean of Westminster has a memorial bust in the nave of Westminster Abbey but is buried with his wife in the churchyard at Islip in Oxfordshire, where he died. He was born on 12th March 1784 at Axminster, Devon, the eldest son of the Reverend Charles Buckland (1750-1829) and his first wife Elizabeth (Oke) and grandson of the Reverend William Buckland (1713-1760).
27 de jun. de 2018 · Buckland, William. ( b. Axminster, England, 12 March 1784; d. Islip, England, 14 August 1856) geology, paleontology. Buckland’s father, Charles, was rector of Templeton and Trusham; his mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of a landed proprietor established in Devon since the seventeenth century. Buckland became interested in rocks and fossil ...
