Burton, Edward, 1794-1836

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Birth 1794-02-13
Death 1836-01-19
Britons,
English,

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English cleric William Buckland worked as a geologist and vertebrate paleontologist. The first Reader of Geology, University of Oxford (from 1819), Buckland is most noted as the scientific discoverer of dinosaurs.

From the guide to the William Buckland papers, 1817-1848, 1817-1848, (American Philosophical Society)

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  • Beyond Early America
  • Fossils
  • Glaciers
  • Mineralogy
  • Seismology
  • Seismology

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