William Crawford Williamson
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William Crawford Williamson was an English naturalist and palaeobotanist.
William Crawford Williamson (1863)
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William Smith (geologist)
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William 'Strata' Smith was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country. At the time his map was first published he was overlooked by the s
William Crawford Williamson
…the rich fossiliferous beds of the Yorkshire coast. He was for many years first curator of the Scarborough natural history museum (Rotunda Museum). William Smith, the "father of English geology," lived for two years in the Williamsons' house. Young Williamson's maternal grandfather was a lapidary, and from him…
1837 portrait of Smith
Tucking Mill House, near Monkton Combe, Somerset. A plaque on the house next door to Tucking Mill House states incorrectly that it was the home of William Smith.
Engraving from William Smith's 1815 monograph on identifying strata by fossils showing an Encrinus
Bust of Smith, in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History