William Buckland
William Buckland DD, FRS was an English theologian, geologist and palaeontologist.
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Background
- Born in
- Axminster
- Educated at
- Winchester CollegeCorpus Christi CollegeBlundell's School
- Awards
- 🏆 Copley Medal🏆 Wollaston Medal
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Trending topics shown first"Geology holds the keys of one of the kingdoms of nature; and it cannot be said that a science which extends our Knowledge, and by consequence our Power, over a third part of nature, holds a low place …"
"I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king."
"Geology has shared the fate of other infant sciences, in being for a while considered hostile to revealed religion; so like them, when fully understood, it will be found a potent and consistent auxili…"
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1784
Born
Birth1856
Died
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