William Buckland, 1784-1856 : scientific institutions, vertebrate palaeontology and quaternary geology
The thesis establishes a biographical framework for this and future studies of William Buckland, the first professor of geology in the University of Oxford, and eventually Dean of Westminster. This shows the way in which he progressed from a modest provincial background by way of the patronage syste...
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University of Leicester
1984
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.353143 |