Thomas Webster Papers 1814-1844
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De La Beche, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1796-1855
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Fitton, William Henry, 1780-1861
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Conybeare, William Daniel, 1787-1857
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Epithet: geologist, Dean of Llandaff British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x00024b ...
Buckland, William, 1784-1856
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William Buckland was an English cleric, geologist, and vertebrate paleontologist. He was the first Reader of Geology, University of Oxford (from 1819). Buckland is most noted as the scientific discoverer of dinosaurs. From the description of Letters, 1817-1848. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122689446 English cleric William Buckland worked as a geologist and vertebrate paleontologist. The first Reader of Geology, University of Oxford (from 1819...
Webster, Thomas, 1773-1844
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Thomas Webster was born in 1773 in the Orkneys. He was educated at Aberdeen, but soon moved to London, where he studied architecture and agriculture. After completing his studies, he travelled through England and France gaining practice as an architect. In 1779, he was appointed to the post of clerk of the works with the newly established Royal Institution, the building for which he designed. On deciding to follow a career in geology, he acted as curator, draughtsman and...