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William Buckland (* 12. März 1784 in Axminster; † 24. August 1856 in Islip) war ein englischer Theologe sowie einer der bedeutenden Geologen und Paläontologen in der Frühzeit dieser Wissenschaften.
William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologist. Buckland wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus.
William Buckland (born March 12, 1784, Axminster, Devonshire, England—died August 15, 1856, London) was a pioneer geologist and minister, known for presenting the first scientific description of a dinosaur and for his effort to reconcile geological discoveries with the Bible and antievolutionary theories.
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Dinner with 19th Century scientist William Buckland was not to be recommended. But amidst the eccentricity there was real science.
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Scientists are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first formal naming of a dinosaur. Oxford University's first reader in geology, William Buckland, described the species Megalosaurus to...
William Buckland (* 12. März 1784 in Axminster; † 24. August 1856 in Islip) war ein englischer Theologe sowie einer der bedeutenden Geologen und Paläontologen in der Frühzeit dieser Wissenschaften.
27. Juni 2018 · Buckland, William (1784–1856) The first reader in Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Oxford, Buckland was appointed Dean of Westminster in 1846. He developed the English school of historical geology with its emphasis on the progressive (but not evolutionary) nature of Earth history.
