William Buckland
✓ Source-basedfallingEnglish clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
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William Buckland DD, FRS was an English theologian, geologist and palaeontologist.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 6
Bust of Buckland in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History![William Conybeare drew this cartoon of Buckland poking his head into a prehistoric hyaena den in 1822 to celebrate Buckland's ground breaking analysis of the fossils found in Kirkdale Cave.[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Buckland_hyena.jpg/500px-Buckland_hyena.jpg)
William Conybeare drew this cartoon of Buckland poking his head into a prehistoric hyaena den in 1822 to celebrate Buckland's ground breaking analysis of the fossils found in Kirkdale Cave.[3]
Buckland family silhouette
Duria Antiquior - A more Ancient Dorset, 1830 watercolour by Henry De la Beche, based on Buckland's account of Mary Anning's discoveries
Portrait by Richard AnsdellAwards 5
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Connected to William 6
John GouldAlso won Fellow of the Geological Society of London
James Dwight DanaAlso won Wollaston Medal
Charles LyellAlso won Wollaston Medal
Henry Walter BatesAlso won Fellow of the Geological Society of London
Charles DarwinAlso won Fellow of the Geological Society of London
James LovelockAlso won Wollaston MedalAbout this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1784 to 1856 · aged 72
Written about in
30 languages
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