Charles Lapworth
English geologist (1842-1920) · Scientists · Died at 77
Charles Lapworth FRS FGS was a headteacher and an English geologist who pioneered faunal analysis using index fossils and identified the Ordovician period.
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1920Died13 March 19201899Wollaston MedalAward1891Royal MedalAward1887Bigsby MedalAward1878Murchison FundAward1842Born20 September 1842
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![Olenellus callavei (now Callavonia callavei), from Lapworth (1891)[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Lapworth_1891_Olenellus_Callavei.png/1280px-Lapworth_1891_Olenellus_Callavei.png)
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Lived 1842 to 1920 · aged 77
