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    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...
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  • William Buckland may refer to: William Buckland (1784–1856), English geologist and palaeontologist William Buckland (architect) (1734–1774), American...
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    William Buckland (1734–1774) was a British architect who designed several important buildings in colonial Maryland and Virginia. Born at Oxford, England...
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    and λίθος (lithos, meaning "stone"). They were first described by William Buckland in 1829. Before this, they were known as "fossil fir cones" and "bezoar...
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    English name from the Buckland River, which in turn takes its name from Oxford University professor William Buckland. Buckland is located at 65°59′5″N...
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    BP (approximately 31,000 BCE). The bones were discovered in 1823 by William Buckland in an archaeological dig at Goat's Hole Cave (Paviland cave) which...
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    chain of the Lias by William Buckland that was based on analysis of coprolites. The study of coprolites, pioneered by Anning and Buckland, would prove to be...
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  • Buckland established a name for herself as a scientific draughtswoman, who helped Conybeare, Cuvier, and her soon to be husband, William Buckland. According...
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    its design was mostly the work of William Buckland, a carpenter/joiner and indentured servant from England. Buckland later went on to design several notable...
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  • Suffolk in England. He was aware of previous research in Dorset by William Buckland which showed that coprolites were rich in phosphate that could be made...
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    skeletons ever found, had created a sensation in scientific circles. William Buckland credited Anning with two key observations about certain odd fossils...
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    consulted by leading geologists and palaeontologists of the time including William Buckland, and Louis Agassiz. When Mary Anning discovered that belemnite fossils...
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    they may collapse, leaving (small) unsightly furrows in the lawn. William Buckland, known for eating every animal he could, opined that mole meat tasted...
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  • George Abbitt Matthew Ashby Sally Brant William Buckland (architect) William Butten John Casor Judith Catchpole William Ewen Alexandre Exquemelin Mary Morrell...
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    evidence about the diet of an animal. They were first described by William Buckland in 1829. Prior to this, they were known as "fossil fir cones" and "bezoar...
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    geologists amongst its past presidents. These include pioneers of geology William Buckland, Adam Sedgwick, Roderick Impey Murchison, Charles Lyell, Henry Thomas...
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    Harcourt, Archbishop of York, was shown to the Dean of Westminster, William Buckland, who ate it. Numerous quotes have been attributed to Louis XIV by legend...
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    existing collections. In 1816, he described ichthyosaur fossils owned by William Buckland and James Johnson. In 1818, Home published data obtained by corresponding...
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    William Thorne Buckland (1819 – 17 January 1876) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Buckland was born in 1819 or 1820. His mother...
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    north any such remains have been found), elephants and cave hyenas. William Buckland analyzed the cave and its contents in December 1821 and determined...
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  • Stéphan Buckland (born 1977), Mauritian 200 m sprinter Toby Buckland (born 1969), English gardener, TV presenter and author William Buckland, D.D., F...
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    seen in a cartoon drawn by geologist William Conybeare in 1822. This cartoon depicts paleontologist William Buckland entering the famous British Kirkdale...
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    a young man) from South Wales was described by geologist Reverend William Buckland in 1822 as a citizen of Roman Britain. Subsequent authors contended...
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    Cycadeoidea (category Taxa named by William Buckland)
    cycad-like plants with a short trunk topped with a crown of leaves. William Buckland originally gave the name to two species he described, C. megalophylla...
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  • William Warwick Buckland, FBA (11 June 1859 – 16 January 1946) was a scholar of Roman law, Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge...
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    Francis Trevelyan Buckland (17 December 1826 – 19 December 1880), better known as Frank Buckland, was an English surgeon, zoologist, popular author and...
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    Megalosaurus bucklandii, was first named and described in 1824 by William Buckland after multiple finds in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, UK. Megalosaurus...
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    of vast extent, specifically the Noachian Flood. In 1822 and 1823, William Buckland published the term diluvium in his monograph Reliquiae Diluvianae and...
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    members. His colleagues there included Adam Sedgwick, William Conybeare, William Buckland, William Fitton, Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin. Exploring with...
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    Caswell, near Witney, Oxfordshire. Between 1815 and 1824, the Rev William Buckland, the first Reader of Geology at the University of Oxford, collected...
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