Conybeare famously worked on the geology of the south-west of England and on marine vertebrate remains found there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Conybeare
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Famous Geologists: Henry De la Beche
Posted on March 14, 2008 by erlaurie
De la Beche will be remembered for establishing the Royal School of Mines in London and the organisation which has grown into the British geological Survey:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_De_la_Beche
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Famous Geologists: Adam Sedgwick
Posted on March 14, 2008 by erlaurie
Sedgwick was another key player in the early days of British geology. He established the Devonian and Cambrian periods:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Sedgwick
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Famous Geologists: Charles Darwin
Posted on March 14, 2008 by erlaurie
Although Darwin is best known for his evolution theory, his early career focussed more on geology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin
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Famous Geologists: Charles Lyell
Posted on March 14, 2008 by erlaurie
Charles Lyell was another of the key players in the early days of British geology. His book, “Principles of Geology” was one of the first major works on the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lyell
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Famous Geologists: Louis Agassiz
Posted on March 14, 2008 by erlaurie
Louis agassiz carried out important work on fossil fishes, but history is more likely to remember him for his early work on glaciation and ice ages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Agassiz
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Famous Geologists: William Buckland
Posted on March 14, 2008 by erlaurie
William Buckland was another important player in the early days of British geology and palaeontology. He wrote the first full account of a dinosaur fossil:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buckland
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Famous Geologists: Richard Owen
Posted on March 14, 2008 by erlaurie
Richard Owen is often painted as a villain, but he was instrumental in the establishment of the Natural History Museum in London:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Owen
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Famous geologists: Gideon Mantell
Posted on March 14, 2008 by erlaurie
Although Mantell was a physician by trade, he had a passion for geology, particularly palaeontology. He and his wife were instrumental in the early days of the investigation of Dinosaurs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Mantell
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Famous Geologists: Edward Forbes
Posted on March 14, 2008 by erlaurie
Edward Forbes’ life was cut short, but he still managed to get through an extraordinary amount of work, including an excellent studt of the Tertiary strata of the Isle of Wight now known as the Solent Group:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Forbes
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