William Buckland DD, FRS was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologist.
Buckland in 1833
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.
Buckland family silhouette
The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the abbey's status as a royal peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch. Initially, the office was a successor to that of Abbot of Westminster, and was for the first 10 years cathedral dean for the Diocese of Westminster. The current dean is David Hoyle.
The west façade of Westminster Abbey
The Deanery at Westminster Abbey
Neck badge of the Order of the Bath: the Dean of Westminster is Dean of the Order of the Bath ex officio