Henry De la Beche
English geologist, palaeontologist and Slave plantations owner (1796-1855) · Scientists · Died at 59
Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods. He was the first President of the Palaeontographical Society. He was also a slave plantation owner in Jamaica.
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![Idealised view of Slaves cutting sugar cane on a plantation in Jamaica, drawn by himself, 1825[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Jamaica_Negroes_Cutting_Canes_in_their_Working_Dresses%2C_1825.jpg/1280px-Jamaica_Negroes_Cutting_Canes_in_their_Working_Dresses%2C_1825.jpg)
Idealised view of Slaves cutting sugar cane on a plantation in Jamaica, drawn by himself, 1825[8]
An 1834 etching by De la Beche that appears in the beginning of his Researches in Theoretical Geology. A landmark scientific depiction of Earth as seen from space.
Duria Antiquior - A More Ancient Dorset is a watercolour painted in 1830 by Henry De la Beche, based on fossils found by Mary Anning
De la Beche's well-known caricature Awful Changes
Mount De La Beche from the Tasman GlacierAwards
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Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1796 to 1855 · aged 59
