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William Buckland
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English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
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William Buckland (1784–1856) was an English paleontologist, geologist, physicist, and curator. Born in Axminster, he was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College. His professional affiliations included the University of Oxford, Westminster Abbey, and the Ashmolean Museum. He served as President of the Geological Society of London and Dean of Westminster. Buckland was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Linnean Society of London, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He received the Copley Medal and the Wollaston Medal, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work focused on paleontology, geology, theology, and Megalosaurus. Notable publications include *Reliquiae diluvianae* and *Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology*. Buckland died in Islip of tuberculosis.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1784
- Died
- 1856
- Works
- 34
Top works
- Die Urwelt und ihre Wunder
- The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage
- Die Urwelt und ihre Wunder, oder, allgemeine Dartstellung der Geschichte des Erdkörpers
- Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology
- Reliquiæ diluvianæ; or Observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Origin
- London
Discography
- THIRTY三十2014
- TEN十2014
- TWENTY二十2015
- pinkover2017
- pendent2017
- solitariat2018
- acediat2018
- vacillate2019
- backroom labyrinth2020
- espial2021
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,963x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,835x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,556x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,947x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,681x
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Quotes
- “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 among intellectual employments.”
- “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 auxiliary to it, exalting our conviction of the Power, and Wisdom, and Goodness of the Creator.”
- “The taste of mole was the most repulsive I knew until I tasted a bluebottle [fly].”
- “I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king.”
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Key facts
- Born
- 12 March 1784, Axminster , Devon, England
- Died
- 14 August 1856 (aged 72), Islip, Oxfordshire , England
- Denomination
- Anglican
- Spouse
- Mary Morland ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1825 )
- Children
- 9, including Frank Buckland
- Alma mater
- Winchester College , Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- Known for
- Megalosaurus , coprolites
- Awards
- Copley Medal (1822), Wollaston Medal (1848)
- Fields
- Palaeontology
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Encyclopedic overview
William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian, geologist and palaeontologist.
His work in the early 1820s proved that Kirkdale Cave in North Yorkshire had been a prehistoric hyena den, for which he was awarded the Copley Medal. It was praised as an example of how scientific analysis could reconstruct events in the distant past. He pioneered the use of fossilised faeces in reconstructing ecosystems, coining the term coprolites. Buckland also wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus in 1824.
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