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William Smith

British geologist
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Born:
March 23, 1769, Churchill, Oxfordshire, Eng.
Died:
Aug. 28, 1839, Northampton, Northamptonshire (aged 70)
Notable Works:
“A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland”
“Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales”
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William Smith (born March 23, 1769, Churchill, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died Aug. 28, 1839, Northampton, Northamptonshire) was an English engineer and geologist who is best known for his development of the science of stratigraphy. Smith’s great geologic map of England and Wales (1815) set the style for modern geologic maps, and many of the colourful names he applied to the strata are still in use today. Smith was the son of an Oxfordshire blacksmith of farming stock. Only seven when his father died, Smith was cared for by a farming uncle. He attended a village school, learned the basic methods of surveying ...(100 of 877 words)

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